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Important Latitude Lines
Important Longitude Lines
Latitude and Longitude
Hemispheres
Other
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Another name for latitude lines
What is parallels?
100

Another name for longitude lines

Meridians

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What are the three main map projections called?

cylindrical, conical, and azimuthal.

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Half of a sphere
What is a hemisphere
100
These lines measure the distance north and south of the equator from 0 degrees to 90 degrees
What is latitude lines
200
This latitude line goes around the center of the Earth and measures 0 degrees
What is the equator?
200
This longitude line runs through Greenwich, England and measures 0 degrees
What is the Prime Meridian?
200

What is the International Date Line?

An imaginary line on the Earth's surface that is internationally agreed upon as the place where each new calendar day begins.

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The hemisphere that is North of the Equator
What is the Northern Hemisphere.
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These lines run east and west on the globe, but measure distances north and south of the equator.
What is latitude lines
300
This latitude line is found in the Tropics in the Northern Hemisphere at 23 1/2 degrees North
What is The Tropic of Cancer
300
The places where all longitude lines meet.
What is the North and South Poles
300
Using these two imaginary lines and their measures we can find the absolute location of anything on the Earth.
What is latitude and longitude lines
300
The Hemisphere that is South of the Equator.
What is the Southern Hemisphere
300
These imaginary lines run north and south on the globe
What is longitude lines or meridians
400
This latitude line is found at the 23 1/2 degrees South location
What is The Tropic of Capricorn
400
These lines measure the distance East and West of the Prime Meridian
What is longitude lines
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Another name for the points that give you the absolute location.
What is coordinates.
400
The Hemisphere that is East of the Prime Meridian
What is the Eastern Hemisphere
400
The hemisphere that Antarctica is found in
What is the Southern Hemisphere
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This is a cold place where the latitude line runs at 66 degrees North.
What is the Arctic Circle.
500
These lines go around the earth from 0 degrees to 180 degrees East and 180 degrees West.
What is longitude lines
500

What is the latitude and longitude of Rochester NY

43 degrees latitude and -77 degrees longitude

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The Hemispheres that the United States of America is located in
What is the Northern and Western Hemispheres
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The two countries that border the United States of America
What is Canada and Mexico