WorksheetsLatitude and Longitude Practice
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 59mins
Which point is located at 30° S, 30° E?
Which point is located at 0°, 0°?
Which point is located at 30° S, 150° E?
Which point is located at 45° N, 105° W?
Which point is located at 45° N, 30° E?
Which point is located at 60° N, 180° E?
Which point is located at 15° N, 15° W?
True or False:
Longitude measures distance from the Equator.
True
False
Latitude measures (1)_________ or (2)__________ of the Equator (0 degrees).
(1) North (2) South
(1) East (2) West
Lines of latitude are
vertical
horizontal
both
Lines of longitude are
vertical
horizontal
both
Europe is in which two climate zones?
Globes provide a three-dimensional view of the Earth. They provide the most accurate view of the world, but have limitations in their use.
True
False
All world map projections create distorted images of the Earth to some degree. These distortions relate to size, shape, direction, and distance.
True
False
A geographer who makes maps:
Cartographer
Distortion
Projection
This is a Mercator projection map. Why is this map projection not be the greatest to use when determining land size?
Places at the poles, like Greenland and Antarctica, are extremely distorted in their size, appearing larger than they really are.
Africa appears too large on this map.
All the continents are smaller than they actually are.
Places by the equator are highly distorted and appear much larger than they really are.
Why do we use maps more often than we use globes?
Globes are bulky and not as easy to store.
Globes distort shape and size too much.
Globes are not around anymore.
