Social Studies Practice Test

People use the word ---------- to describe one half of earth

• Earth

• Hemisphere

• Equator

• Eastern

The earth is divided into the ------- and southern, western and Eastern hemisphere

• Northern

• Western

• Eastern

• Mediterranean

An imaginary line called -------- divides the northern and southern hemispheres.

• Winter

• Hemisphere

• Globe

• Equator

Another imaginary line called -------- separates earth into eastern and western hemispheres

• Equator

• Prime meridian

• Western

• Eastern

If it is summer in north America, what season would it be in Australia?

• Rain

• Winter

• Dry season

• Fall

In which hemisphere do most people in the world live?

• Northern

• Southern

• Western

• Eastern

How many continents are at least partly in Northern hemisphere?

• 8

• 7

• 5

• 4

The weather in equator is ------- all year round.

• Cold

• Freezing

• windy

• Hot

The Lines of -------- are also called meridians.

• Longitude

• Altitude

• western

• northern

Many globes are made to tilt at an angle of

• 31

• 40

• 23

• 17