Equator, Hemispheres, and
Prime Meridian
Name:_________________________
Date:__________________________
Use the world map to help answer these questions.
1.
What line divedes the Earth into the Eastern and the Western Hemispheres?
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2. What three continents are partly in the Northern Hemisphere and partly in the
Southern Hemisphere?
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3. What two continents are completely in the Soutern Hemisphere?
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4. What two continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?
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5. What four continent is completely in the Eastern Hemisphere an partly in the Eastern
Hamisphere?
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6. What continent is completely in the Eastern Hemisphere?
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7. What two continents are completely in the Northern Hemisphere?
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8. What line divides the Earth into the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres?
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180°0'0"
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150°0'0"W
150°0'0"W
120°0'0"W
120°0'0"W
90°0'0"W
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
90°0'0"W
60°0'0"W
60°0'0"W
30°0'0"W
30°0'0"W
0°0'0"
Prime Meridian
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Prime Meridian
90°0'0"
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30°0'0"E
30°0'0"E
60°0'0"E
60°0'0"E
90°0'0"E
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
90°0'0"E
150°0'0"E
150°0'0"E
180°0'0"
60°0'0"S
30°0'0"S
0°0'0"
30°0'0"N
60°0'0"N
180°0'0"
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120°0'0"E
120°0'0"E
Key
1.
What line divedes the Earth into the Eastern and the Western Hemispheres?
The Prime Meridian
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2. What three continents are partly in the Northern Hemisphere and partly in the
Southern Hemisphere?
South America, Africa and Asia
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3. What two continents are completely in the Soutern Hemisphere?
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Australia and Antarctica
4. What two continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?
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North and South America
5. What four continent is completely in the Eastern Hemisphere an partly in the Eastern
Hamisphere?
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Europe, Africa, Asia and Antarctica
6. What continent is completely in the Eastern Hemisphere?
Australia
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7. What two continents are completely in the Northern Hemisphere?
North America and Europe
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8. What line divides the Earth into the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
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