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Latitude/Longitude Study Guide

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Another name for parallels are lines of _____.

a)

parallels

b)

meridians

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

2.

1. Another name for meridians are lines of _____.

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

parallels

d)

meridians

3.

3. On a globe or map, lines of longitude are measured West and East, starting at the ____.

a)

longitude lines

b)

latitude lines

c)

equator

d)

prime meridian

4.

4. On a globe or map, lines of latitude are measured North and South, starting at the ___.

a)

longitude lines

b)

latitude lines

c)

equator

d)

prime meridian

5.

5. The latitude measurement for the equator is____.

a)

0 degrees

b)

90 degrees North

c)

23 degrees South

d)

66 degrees South

6.

6. The latitude measurement for the South Pole is____.

a)

0 degrees

b)

90 degrees North

c)

23 degrees South

d)

90 degrees South

7.

7. True or False? Meridians meet at the North and South Poles.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

8. The latitude measurement for the Prime Meridian is____.

a)

0 degrees

b)

32 degrees East

c)

80 degrees West

d)

90 degrees North

9.

9. The longitude measurement halfway around the world is ______.

a)

90 degrees North

b)

180 degrees

c)

23 degrees East

d)

66 degrees South

10.

10. One half of the Earth or a globe is called _____.

a)

hemisphere

b)

equator

c)

prime meridian

d)

sphere

11.

11. What city is located near 35 degrees North, 82 degrees West?

a)

Allendale

b)

Charleston

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Spartenburg

e)

Greenville

12.

12. What is the latitude and longitude for Columbia, South Carolina?

a)

84 degrees West, 34 degrees North

b)

25 degrees North, 82 degrees West

c)

35 degrees North, 79 degrees West

d)

34 degrees North, 81 degrees West

13.

13. What region in the diagram above is the Southern Polar Region?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

14.

14. What region in the diagram above is the Tropical Region?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

15.

15. What region in the diagram above is the Southern Temperate Region?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

16.

16. What region in the diagram above is the Northern Polar Region?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

17.

17. What region in the diagram above is the Northern Temperate Region?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

18.

18. Which regions are almost always cold? (Be sure to check all that apply)

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

19.

19. Which regions are almost always hot? (Be sure to check all that apply)

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

20.

20. Which regions are have season changes in their climate? (Be sure to check all that apply)

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

21.

21. What latitude line is letter A? (The Nothernmost part of the globe)

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

North Pole

d)

South Pole

e)

Equator

22.

22. What latitude line is letter B?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

North Pole

d)

Arctic Circle

e)

Antarctic Circle

23.

23. What latitude line is letter C?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

North Pole

d)

Arctic Circle

e)

Antarctic Circle

24.

24. What latitude line is letter D?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

e)

Antarctic Circle

25.

25. What latitude line is letter E?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

e)

Antarctic Circle

26.

26. What latitude line is letter F?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

e)

Antarctic Circle

27.

27. What latitude line is letter G?

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

e)

Antarctic Circle

28.

28. What is the latitude measurement for the Tropic of Cancer?

a)

23 degrees South

b)

0 degrees

c)

66 degrees North

d)

90 degrees South

e)

23 degrees North

29.

29. What is the latitude measurement for the Antarctic Circle?

a)

23 degrees South

b)

0 degrees

c)

66 degrees North

d)

66 degrees South

e)

23 degrees North

30.

30. What is the latitude measurement for the Equator?

a)

23 degrees South

b)

0 degrees

c)

66 degrees North

d)

66 degrees South

e)

23 degrees North

31.

31. What is the latitude measurement for the South Pole?

a)

23 degrees South

b)

0 degrees

c)

66 degrees North

d)

90 degrees South

e)

23 degrees North

32.

32. What is the latitude measurement for the Arctic Circle?

a)

23 degrees South

b)

0 degrees

c)

66 degrees North

d)

90 degrees South

e)

23 degrees North

33.

33. What is the latitude measurement for the North Pole?

a)

23 degrees South

b)

0 degrees

c)

66 degrees North

d)

90 degrees North

e)

23 degrees North

34.

34. What is the latitude measurement for the Tropic of Capricorn?

a)

23 degrees South

b)

0 degrees

c)

66 degrees North

d)

90 degrees North

e)

23 degrees North

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