Name: _______________________________________________________
Date: ________________________
Period: _____
Latitude and Longitude
1. What is the name of the “top” half of the Earth? ____________________________________________
2. What is the name of the “bottom” half of the Earth? _________________________________________
3. What are these two halves separated by? _________________________________________________
4. Define latitude: ________________________________________________________________________
5. What is another name for lines of latitude? _________________________________________________
6. What are the latitudes of the following locations?
Equator =
Arctic Circle =
South Pole =
Tropic of Cancer =
Antarctic Circle =
Mamaroneck =
Tropic of Capricorn =
North Pole =
7. What are the latitudes of the following points?
A=
C=
E=
B=
D=
F=
8. What is the name of the “west” half of the Earth? ___________________________________________
9. What is the name of the “east” half of the Earth? ___________________________________________
10. What are these two halves separated by? _________________________________________________
11. Define longitude: _______________________________________________________________________
12. What is another name for lines of longitude? _______________________________________________
13. What are the longitudes of the following locations?
Prime Meridian =
International Date Line =
Mamaroneck =
14. What are the longitudes of the following points?
G=
I=
K=
H=
J=
L=
15. What are the coordinates of the following points?
M=
O=
Q=
N=
P=
R=
40°N
Tropic of Cancer
20°N
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
20°S
40°S
60°N
60°S
80°N
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
80°S
160°W 140°W 120°W 100°W 80°W
60°W
40°W
20°W
W
0°
N
S
20°E
E
40°E
60°E
80°E
100°E 120°E 140°E 160°E
km 0
mi 0
1000
2000
1000
2000