Geographic Understandings

The globe is divided into halves called __________________.

• hemispheres

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

The top half is known as the _____________________ Hemisphere and the bottom half is known as the __________________ Hemisphere.

• Northern, Western

• Southern, Eastern

• Northern, Southern

• Northern, Eastern

The imaginary line through the middle of the earth is called the __________ that runs east to west.

• Prime Meridian

• equator

• poles

• hemisphere

There is an imaginary line that runs from the top to the bottom, in the middle, of the earth called the _________________.

• equator

• hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

• poles

The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into the ______________ and _____________ Hemispheres.

• Northern, Southern

• Western, Northern

• Nothern, Eastern

• Eastern, Western

The Earth is divided into imaginary horizontal lines that are called lines of ____________.

• latitude

• hemispheres

• longitude

• imagination

The Earth is divided into imaginary vertical lines that are called lines of _____________________.

• latitude

• poles

• longitude

• hemispheres

The latitude lines begin small at the ____________ and get bigger until they get to the equator.

• hemispheres

• poles

• sun

• middle

The equator is the longest line of __________________, measures 0 degrees, and east to west.

• longitude

• imagination

• latitude

• poles

The Prime Meridian is the longest line of _______________, measures 0 degrees, and runs north to south.

• longitude

• poles

• latitude

• imagination