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Latitude and Longitude Quiz

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

In geography, the exact spot on Earth is called...
a.
relative location
c.
absolute location
b.
a pinpoint
d.
place
 

 2. 

When writing a longitude coordinate, you put what letters next to it to indicate direction?
a.
W or S
c.
E or N
b.
E or W
d.
N or S
 

 3. 

0° latitude is the...
a.
Tropic of Cancer
c.
Prime Meridian
b.
Equator
d.
Tropic of Capricorn
 

 4. 

The Tropic of Cancer is located what direction from the Equator?
a.
North
c.
East
b.
South
d.
West
 

 5. 

0° Longitude is the...
a.
Prime Meridian
c.
Equator
b.
International Dateline
d.
Arctic Circle
 

 6. 

Imaginary lines that run east to west and measure how far north or south you are from the Equator
a.
latitude
c.
time zones
b.
longitude
d.
Prime Meridian
 

 7. 

Imaginary lines that run north and south from pole to pole and measure how far east or west you are from the Prime Meridian
a.
latitude
c.
parallels
b.
longitude
d.
Eguator
 

 8. 

Geographers write coordinates or absolute location as...
a.
longitude & latitude
c.
longitude & longitude
b.
latitude & latitude
d.
latitude & longitude
 

 9. 

When writing a latitude coordinate, you put what letters next to it to indicate direction?
a.
W or S
c.
E or N
b.
E or W
d.
N or S
 

 10. 

The Tropic of Capricorn is located what direction from the Equator?
a.
North
c.
East
b.
South
d.
West
 



 
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