Geography Vocab #1-4

Equator

• Divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Is the longest line of latitude

• Is located at 45 degrees North

• Is a major ocean current

What is the name of the line located at 0 degrees latitude?

• the equator

• the prime meridian

• the tropic of cancer

• the international date line

hemisphere

• half of the Earth

• a type of climate zone

• a geographical region

• a political division

When using the equator to divide the Earth into halves, what hemispheres do we have?

• Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere

• Tropical Hemisphere and Polar Hemisphere

• Continental Hemisphere and Oceanic Hemisphere

Western Hemisphere

• The half of Earth west of the Prime Meridian

• The half of Earth east of the Prime Meridian

• The region containing North America only

• The area where the sun sets

longitude

• vertical lines that measure the distance east or west from the Prime Meridian

• horizontal lines that measure the distance north or south from the Equator

• lines that connect the North and South Poles

• imaginary lines that divide the Earth into time zones

What is the name of the line located at 0 degrees longitude?

• the Prime Meridian

• the Equator

• the International Date Line

• the Tropic of Cancer

latitude

• horizontal lines that measure the distance north or south from the equator.

• vertical lines that measure the distance east or west from the prime meridian.

• lines that connect the North and South Poles.

• imaginary lines that divide the Earth into hemispheres.

Southern Hemisphere

• The half of Earth south of the equator

• The region north of the equator

• The area where it is always summer

• The part of Earth that experiences polar climates

What line divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• the Equator

• the Tropic of Cancer

• the Prime Meridian

• the International Date Line