POP QUIZ: Map Skills

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

• The map shows lines of longitude.
• The map shows lines of latitude.

To locate a place on the earth, you need to look at...

• where the lines of latitude and longitude meet
• the lines of latitude only
• the lines of longitude only
• the compass rose

Location D is located at which coordinates?

• 30^oN, 90^oW

• 90^oN, 30^oW

• 10^oN, 40^oW

• 30^oN, 90^oE

Location H is located at which coordinates?

• 60^oN, 120^oE

• 90^oN, 30^oE

• 10^oS, 40^oW

• 30^oN, 90^oE

Europe, Asia and North America are all in what hemisphere?

• Northern
• Southern
• Western
• Eastern

North and South America are both in what hemisphere?

• Northern
• Southern
• Western
• Eastern

The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the ________. 

• International Date Line
• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Arctic Circle

Which point is located at 15° N, 15° W?

A physical map shows physical features such as mountains, lakes, rivers and __________.

• scale

• borders

• deserts

• climate