Longitude and Time Zones

There are ____________ standard time zones around the world.

Each time zone is _______ degrees of longitude.

Time Zones were invented in

• 1492

• 1776

• 1884

• 1912

China is a massive country. How many time zones are in China?

• 1

• 6

• 10

• 12

France is a relatively small country. How many time zones are in France?

• 1

• 6

• 10

• 12

When you move from one time zone to the next, the time changes by

• 1 minute

• 1 hour

• 3 hours

• 1 day

Name one location that does not have an official time zone.

North Korea created its own time zone.

• true

• false

Longitude lines are also known as ....

• parallels

• flats

• meridians

• polars

Did you know that -there are 24 time zones for each 24 hours of the day? What do you think about that?