Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In geography, the exact spot on Earth is called...
a. | relative location | c. | absolute location | b. | a pinpoint | d. | place |
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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 |
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0° latitude is the...
a. | Tropic of Cancer | c. | Prime Meridian | b. | Equator | d. | Tropic of
Capricorn |
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The Tropic of Cancer is located what direction from the Equator?
a. | North | c. | East | b. | South | d. | West |
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0° Longitude is the...
a. | Prime Meridian | c. | Equator | b. | International Dateline | d. | Arctic Circle |
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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 |
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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 |
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Geographers write coordinates or absolute location as...
a. | longitude & latitude | c. | longitude &
longitude | b. | latitude & latitude | d. | latitude & longitude |
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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 |
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The Tropic of Capricorn is located what direction from the Equator?
a. | North | c. | East | b. | South | d. | West |
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