LATITUDE and LONGITUDE and HEMISPHERES
Name: _______________________
Date: ________________________
Block: _______________________
Vocabulary: Define each of the following terms.
Term
Definition
1. Latitude
2. Longitude
3. Equator
4. Prime Meridian
5. Hemisphere
6. Artic Circle
7. Tropic of Cancer
8. Tropic of Capricorn
9. Antarctic Circle
Use a world map and the diagrams given in class to locate the following information:
1. Where is the most southerly place on earth?
2. What happens to the length of parallels of latitude as you move from the North Pole to the Equator?
3. In what hemisphere is more than half of the earth’s land located?
4. Which two continents are located entirely within the Southern Hemisphere?
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5. Through which large Canadian island does the Arctic Circle pass?
6. Through which North American country does the Tropic of Cancer pass?
7. Which ocean is located north of 66.5N?
8. Which continents extend north of the Arctic Circle?
9. Name a continent that would never have the sun directly overhead at any time of the year.
10. Which ocean is located completely within the Eastern hemisphere?
11. Within which two hemispheres is North America located?
12. Locate the latitude and longitude of the following:
City
Ottawa, Ontario
Latitude
Longitude
Mexico City, Mexico
Rome, Italy
Paris, France
Bombay, India
Tokyo, Japan
Cairo, Egypt
Kamloops, BC
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