Latitude and Longitude

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• North Pole

• South Pole

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• North Pole

• South Pole

Multiple Choice

To locate the absolute location of places on Earth, one must look at: 

• latitude lines only
• the intersecting lines of latitude and longitude
• longitude lines only
• a neighboring area to describe the location

Multiple Choice

Which lines run on a globe from east to west? 

• longitude lines
• latitude lines
• north pole
• south pole

Multiple Choice

Latitude lines go from east to west.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Lines of latitude divide the world into what two hemispheres?

• East and West
• North and South
• South and West
• North and East

Multiple Choice

• The map show the lines of longitude.
• The map shows the lines of latitude.

Multiple Choice

• The map shows lines of longitude.
• The map shows lines of latitude.

Multiple Choice

Which way does longitude go on a map?

• Up and down
• Side to side
• In a circle
• To infinity and beyond

Multiple Choice

What line divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

Multiple Choice

_______ lines on a globe run from North to South.

• North Pole
• South Pole
• Latitude
• Longitude