Time Zone Test

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Study Guide for your Geography Test

Study the following:

1) Which continent is the largest?

Asia

2) Which continent is the smallest? Australia

3) Which continent does Central America belong to ? North America

4) Which continent does Greenland belong to? North America

5) What city, country and continent does time start in? Greenwich, England in Europe

6) Where does one calendar day change to the next ? International Date Line

7) Which 2 continents is the International Date Line located between? Asia and North America

8) The Prime Meridian is the location where _ _time ______ begins.

9) Lines of latitude run in these 2 directions: __ East___________ and _____ West ________.

10) Lines of latitude measure distances north and south of the ________ Equator ________.

11) The equator separates which 2 hemispheres? Northern and Southern

12) The equator passes through which continents? South America, Africa, and Asia

13) Lines of longitude run in the directions ________ North ____ and ____ South __________.

14) The Prime Meridian is the starting point for measuring lines of ______ longitude __________.

15) There are _ 24 _____ time zones are in the world.

16) There are __ 6 ______ time zones in the United States.

17) Which continent contains the fewest time zones? Australia

18) Which continent contains the most time zones? Antarctica

19) The percentage of time zones located in the U.S. is ____ 25% _____?

20) What fraction of the time zones of the world are in the U.S.? 1/4

21) How many states are in Alaska's time zone? 1

22) How many continents? 7

23) What time zone is Louisiana in? Central

24) Mexico belongs to which continent? North America

25) List the 5 themes: Movement, Region. Human Environment Interaction, Location. Place

***PRACTICE THE 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY, VOCABULARY, LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE

WORKSHEET AND THE TIME ZONE WORKSHEET FROM CLASS!

***YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW THE FOLLOWING:

~HOW TO LOCATE PLACES ON A MAP GIVEN ONLY LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

~HOW TO PLOT COORDINATES FOR LOCATIONS

~HOW TO DECIDE WHAT TIME IT IS IN DIFFERENT TIME ZONES ACROSS THE U.S.

(EXAMPLE: IF IT IS 2:00 PM IN NEW ORLEANS, WHAT TIME IS IT IN NEW YORK CITY?)

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