Map Skills

The line of longitude that stretches across the middle of Earth is called the______________.

• equator

• Prime Meridian

• longitude

• latitude

The NORTHERNMOST part of the Earth is called the _______________.

• North Pole

• South Pole

• longitude

• equator

The land ABOVE the equator is the _____________hemisphere.

• Southern

• Northern

• North Pole

• South Pole

A spherical map of the Earth is called ______________.

• map

• Northern

• longitude

• globe

The Earth has _________ hemispheres.

• 6

• 5

• 7

• 4

Imaginary lines that run vertical (up and down) across Earth are known as lines of

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• Prime Meridian

Imaginary lines that run horizontal (side to side) across the Earth are known as lines of _______________.

• longitude

• latitude

• sphere

• equator

The SOUTHERNMOST part of the Earth is called the _________________.

• South Pole

• North Pole

• latitude

• Southern

The line of latitude that stretches across the middle of Earth is called the ________________________.

• equator

• Prime Meridian

• longitude

• latitude

The Earth is in the shape of a____________.

• five

• equator

• sphere

• square