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Latitude and longitude

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What line of latitude is located at 0 degrees?
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Arctic Circle
d)
Prime Meridian
2.
What line of longitude is located at 0 degrees?
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Arctic Circle
d)
Prime Meridian
3.
Which direction do lines of latitude run?
a)
east and west
b)
north and south
c)
east and south
d)
west and north
4.
Which direction do lines of longitude run?
a)
east and west
b)
north and south
c)
east and south
d)
west and north
5.
What line of LATITUDE is Point A located?
a)
60o N
b)
105o W
c)
150o W
d)
48o N
6.
What line of LONGITUDE is Point A located?
a)
60o N
b)
105o W
c)
150o W
d)
48o N
7.
What line of LATITUDE is Point B located?
a)
105o W
b)
60o N
c)
150o W
d)
80o W
8.
What line of LONGITUDE is Point B located?
a)
105o W
b)
60o N
c)
150o W
d)
80o W
9.
What line of LONGITUDE is Point C located?
a)
105o W
b)
60o N
c)
150o W
d)
80o W
10.
What line of LATITUDE is Point C located?
a)
105o W
b)
60o N
c)
48o N
d)
80o W
11.
What line of LATITUDE is Point D located?
a)
105o W
b)
34o N
c)
48o N
d)
80o W
12.
What line of LONGITUDE is Point D located?
a)
105o W
b)
34o N
c)
48o N
d)
80o W
13.
What line of LATITUDE is Point E located?
a)
105o W
b)
34o N
c)
22o N
d)
80o W
14.
What line of LONGITUDE is Point E located?
a)
105o W
b)
34o N
c)
22o N
d)
80o W
15.
What line of LATITUDE is Point F located?
a)
105o W
b)
10o N
c)
22o N
d)
80o W
16.
What line of LONGITUDE is Point F located?
a)
105o W
b)
10o N
c)
22o N
d)
80o W
17.
What shape is located at 30 degrees East, 60 degrees North?
a)
Triangle
b)
Star
c)
Circle
d)
Rectangle
18.
What shape is located at 30 degrees North, 90 degrees West?
a)
Triangle
b)
Star
c)
Circle
d)
Rectangle
19.
What shape is located at 120 degrees West, 45 degrees North?
a)
Triangle
b)
Star
c)
Circle
d)
Rectangle
20.
What shape is located at 30 degrees East, 15 degrees North?
a)
Triangle
b)
Star
c)
Circle
d)
Rectangle
21.

Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W?

a)

A

b)

D

c)

E

d)

H

22.

Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

L

d)

H

23.
a)

The map shows lines of longitude.

b)

The map shows lines of latitude.

24.

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

a)

where the lines of latitude and longitude meet

b)

the lines of latitude only

c)

the lines of longitude only

d)

the compass rose

25.

Which STATE is located at...

120°W, 45°N

a)

WA

b)

OR

c)

UT

d)

ND

26.

Which STATE is located at...

105°W, 47°N

a)

MT

b)

SD

c)

UT

d)

AZ

27.

Which STATE is located at...

100°W, 48°N

a)

NM

b)

ND

c)

SD

d)

CO

28.

Which city is closest to the Equator?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Minneapolis

c)

Miami

d)

Unable to determine

29.

What is the approximate location of letter B?

a)

80oN, 0o

b)

0o, 80oW

c)

80oS, 0o

d)

0o, 80oE

30.

Which cities lie between 80°W and 85°W?

a)

Charleston and Nashville

b)

Little Rock and New Orleans

c)

Atlanta and Talahassee

d)

New Orleans and Jackson