Longitude
Latitude
Vocabulary
Compass
Random
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What are lines of longitude called?

Meridians

100

What are lines of latitude called?

Parallels

100

What is the definition of hemisphere?

Half A Sphere

100

What are the cardinal directions? 

North, south, east, west  

100

Asia is in what hemispheres?

Eastern and Northern

200

What degrees is the prime meridian? 

0 degrees

200

What degrees is the equator located at?

0 degrees

200

Which direction do longitudinal lines run?

North to south

200

What are the intermediate directions? 

Northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest

200

What units do we use to measure lines of latitude and longitude? 

Degrees 

300

Lines of longitude to the right of the prime meridian have what direction?

East

300

What way do lines of latitude run?

West and east

300

What is a tool that helps the user know what direction one is headed?

Compass

300

What hemispheres do we live in?

Northern and western hemisphere

300

How many points do we need for coordinates?

two

400

Lines of longitude run?

North and south

400

How are lines of latitude measured?

North and south

400

Which lines run east to west?

Latitude

400

How many directions are there on a compass? 

N NE E SE S SW W NW

400

What continent is in all four hemispheres?

Africa

500

What city is the prime meridian located?

Greenwich, England

500

Lines of latitude above the equator have the direction of?

north

500

What is the equator? 

An imaginary belt that runs halfway between the North and South Pole

500

BONUS: What is the point in the middle of a compass called?

Origin

500

Antarctica is in which hemispheres?

Southern, Eastern, and Western

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