NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsLocating Places Using Latitude and Longitude
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins
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 F located?
a)
105o W
b)
10o N
c)
22o N
d)
80o W
12.
What city is located at about 39 degrees North latitude and 108 degrees West longitude?
a)
Durango
b)
Delta
c)
Boulder
d)
Denver
13.
What city is located at 40 degrees North latitude and about 105 degrees West longitude?
a)
Colorado Springs
b)
Boulder
c)
Denver
d)
Durango
14.
Which letter would you find at 30oS, 30oE?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
K
d)
E
15.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
16.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
17.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
18.
What shape is located at 120 degrees West, 45 degrees North?
a)
Triangle
b)
Star
c)
Circle
d)
Rectangle
19.
What shape is located at 30 degrees East, 15 degrees North?
a)
Triangle
b)
Star
c)
Circle
d)
Rectangle
20.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in______.
a)
kilometers
b)
degrees
c)
miles
d)
hours
21.
A set of degrees of latitude and longitude that help you locate a place on a map.
a)
coordinates
b)
positions
c)
hemispheres
d)
locations
22.
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
23.
Which STATE is located at...
120°W, 45°N
120°W, 45°N
a)
WA
b)
OR
c)
UT
d)
ND
24.
What city is located at 32 degrees south and 150 degrees east?
a)
Shanghai
b)
Sydney
c)
Durban
d)
Calcutta
25.
Which city is located at 38 degrees north and 120 degrees west?
a)
San Fransisco
b)
New York
c)
New Orleans
d)
London
26.
Which continent is completely south of the Equator and east of the Prime Meridian?
a)
Antartica
b)
South America
c)
North America
d)
Australia
27.
What are the coordinates for the city of New Orleans?
a)
30 degrees north and 90 degrees west
b)
60 degrees north and 30 degrees east
c)
30 degrees north and 120 degrees east
d)
35 degrees north and 70 degrees west
28.
What are the coordinates for the city of Leningrad?
a)
28 degrees north and 88 degrees east
b)
55 degrees north and 1 degree east
c)
28 degrees north and 88 degrees east
d)
60 degrees north and 30 degrees east
29.
On a globe, or map, the Prime Meridian is:
a)
The 180 Degree Line
b)
The Horizontal Center Line
c)
The South Pole
d)
The Vertical Center Line
30.
Location D is located at which coordinates?
a)
30oN, 90oW
b)
90oN, 30oW
c)
10oN, 40oW
d)
30oN, 90oE
31.
Location H is located at which coordinates?
a)
60oN, 120oE
b)
90oN, 30oE
c)
10oS, 40oW
d)
30oN, 90oE
32.
Location E is located at which coordinates?
a)
30oS, 30oE
b)
30oS, 30oW
c)
10oS, 40oW
d)
30oN, 90oE
33.
Location L is located at which coordinates?
a)
15oS, 60oW
b)
45oS, 60oW
c)
15oS, 60oE
d)
45oS, 60oE
34.
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
35.
Lines of Latitude can be measured up to what degree?
a)
150 degrees
b)
180 degrees
c)
90 degrees
d)
100 degrees
36.
Lines of Longitude run from the _____ to the ______.
a)
East, West
b)
North, South
c)
South, East
d)
North, West
37.
Lines of latitude are also called __________.
a)
hemispheres
b)
Parallels
c)
Meridians
d)
Tropics
38.
Lines of longitude are also called ____________.
a)
Hemispheres
b)
Meridians
c)
parallels
d)
International Date Lines
39.
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
40.
The Earth is divided into how many hemisphere?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
41.
What is a hemisphere?
a)
Something in a car engine
b)
An imaginary line that runs East and West
c)
Half of the Earth when we divide it into two equal pieces
d)
An imaginary line that runs North and South
42.
What city is at 15°N, 93°W?
a)
La Paz
b)
Merida
c)
Durango
d)
Tuxtla Gutierrez
43.
What city is at 32°S, 116°E?
a)
Darwin
b)
Perth
c)
Brisbane
d)
Alice Springs
Reset
