Geography Grade 6

A ____________ is half of a sphere. The earth is divided into 4 of these.

The imaginary east-west lines that run parallel to the Equator are called what kind of lines?

• latitude

• longitude

• meridian

• degree

Another name for latitude, or imaginary east-west lines that circle the earth are called what kind of lines?

• parallel

• longitude

• meridian

• Prime Meridian

The imaginary north-south lines that run parallel with the Prime Meridian are called

• longitude

• latitude

• compass rose

• degrees

Another name for longitude lines that run parallel with the Prime Meridian are called

• meridian lines

• fence lines

• facial lines

The line of latitude that runs at 0 degrees or halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole is called the

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Parallel Lines

The important line of longitude that divides the earth into east and west hemisphere, and runs halfway between the North and South Pole is called the

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

The illustration on a map that shows the directions North, South, East and West is called a

What is the unit of measurement that you write after longitude and latitude numbers (hint, its a circle)

• degrees

• miles

• feet

• centimeter

Which of the following are continents?

• Africa

• Sweden

• North America

• Asia