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Latitude and Longitude Practice!

JAIME LEOSTORRES

Created by JAIME LEOSTORRES

20 questions

6th - 8th Grade

Social studies

Updated Sep 2026

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Latitude and Longitude Practice!

Total questions: 20

Name
Class
Date
1.
Lines of Longitude measure how far from the _______ a place is located.
a)
Equator
b)
International Date Line
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Tropic of Cancer
2.
Lines of Latitude can be measured up to what degree?
a)
150 degrees
b)
180 degrees
c)
90 degrees
d)
100 degrees
3.
Lines of Longitude run from the _____ to the ______.
a)
East, West
b)
North, South
c)
South, East
d)
North, West
4.
The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are what type of lines?
a)
Latitude lines
b)
International Date lines
c)
Longitude lines
d)
Meridian lines
5.
Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is located?
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
6.
The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the ________. 
a)
International Date Line
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Equator
d)
Arctic Circle
7.
The invisible line at 0 degrees longitude is called the _________.
a)
International Date Line
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Equator
d)
Antarctic Circle
8.
Latitude lines run from the _____ to the  _______.
a)
West, East
b)
North, South
c)
North, East
d)
South, West
9.
What shape is the planet Earth?
a)
Circle
b)
hemisphere
c)
sphere
d)
cone
10.
The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Eastern and Southern
b)
Northern and Southern
c)
Western and Eastern
d)
Northern and Western
11.
The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Northern and Southern
b)
Western and Eastern
c)
Northern and Eastern
d)
Southern and Western
12.
Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere?
Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere? 
a)
Northern 
b)
Southern 
c)
Western 
d)
Eastern
13.
Asia and Australia are in what hemisphere?
Asia and Australia are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
14.
North and South America are in what hemisphere?
North and South America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
15.
Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?
Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
16.
Lines of latitude are also called  __________.
a)
hemispheres
b)
Parallels
c)
Meridians
d)
Tropics
17.
Lines of longitude are also called  ____________.
a)
Hemispheres
b)
Meridians
c)
parallels
d)
International Date Lines
18.
The two imaginary lines of latitude (parallels) that are closest to the equator are called __________ and ____________.
a)
Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle
b)
parallels and meridians
c)
International Date line and Prime Meridian
d)
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
19.
Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in __________.
a)
inches
b)
miles
c)
degrees
d)
ounces
20.
The two imaginary lines of latitude that are farthest from the equator are called the __________  and the  ____________.
a)
Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer
b)
Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle 
c)
Prime meridian and International Date Line
d)
Equator and Prime Meridian
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Latitude and Longitude Practice!

Total questions: 20

1.
c) Prime Meridian
2.
c) 90 degrees
3.
b) North, South
4.
a) Latitude lines
5.
b) Latitude
6.
c) Equator
7.
b) Prime Meridian
8.
a) West, East
9.
c) sphere
10.
b) Northern and Southern
11.
b) Western and Eastern
12.
b) Southern 
13.
d) Eastern
14.
c) Western
15.
a)
Northern
16.
b) Parallels
17.
b) Meridians
18.
d) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
19.
c) degrees
20.
b) Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle 

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