Latitude and Longitude

What are the long lines that go from the bottom to the top of a map called?

• Meridian lines or Lines of Longitude

• Equator lines

• Lines of longitude

• Lines of latitude

What are the flat lines that go sideways across a map called?

• Lines of longitude

• Equator lines

• Lines of latitude

• Meridian lines

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres?

• Prime meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

What is the prime meridian?

• The starting line for all other lines of longitude

• The longest line of longitude

• A line of latitude

• An imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres

How do lines of latitude and longitude help us?

• They help in dividing the Earth into continents

• They are used to measure distances between countries

• They help in determining the climate of a region

• They allow us to pinpoint an exact location