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Globe Special Lines

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Horizontal lines that run from east to west around the world.

a)

Longitude

b)

Parallel Lines

c)

Latitude

d)

Meridian Lines

2.

Vertical lines that run from one pole to another pole.

a)

Longitude

b)

Parallel Lines

c)

Meridian Lines

d)

Latitude

3.

The distance between two meridians.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Latitude

c)

Meridian

d)

Longitude

4.

The distance between two parallels.

a)

Parallel

b)

Meridian

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

5.

It divides the world into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

6.

It is known as the big circle that divides the world into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Meridian

c)

Parallel

d)

Equator

7.

This is the name for the parallel line that lies 23 ½ degrees north of the equator, and it is the northernmost border that the vertical rays of the sun reach.

a)

Antarctic Circle

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

8.

It is a parallel line that lies 23 ½ degrees south of the equator, and it is the southernmost place that the vertical rays of the sun reach.

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Antarctic Circle

9.

The parallel line lies at 66 ½ degrees north of the equator, and it is the northernmost part reached by the diagonal rays of the sun.

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Antarctic Circle

10.

The parallel line lies at 66 ½ degrees south of the equator, and it is the southernmost part reached by the diagonal rays of the sun.

a)

Arctic Circle

b)

Antarctic Circle

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

11.

The combined latitude and longitude lines.

a)

Map

b)

Table

c)

Grid

d)

Scale