World Ex first test of the semester

Question 1

map essentials

Answer 1

you need a title
labels/key
compass rose
colors
scale

Question 2

latitude

Answer 2

an imaginary line on a map or a globe that runs horizontily

Question 3

longitude

Answer 3

in imaginary line on a map or a globe that runs vertically

Question 4

What tools do geographers use to help them study the earth

Answer 4

grid

Question 5

lines of latitude that run horizantily

Answer 5

parallels

Question 6

midway between the north and south poles

Answer 6

equator

Question 7

the minute symbol how many minutes are in a degree

Answer 7

/ minute symbol is a little shorter
o degrees symbol is a little smaller
60 minutes in a degree

Question 8

lines of longitude are called:

Answer 8

meridians

Question 9

meridians measure east and west of the:

Answer 9

Prime Meridian

Question 10

The Prime Meridian is:

Answer 10

0 degrees longitude

Question 11

The prime meridian runs through:

Answer 11

Greenwich England

Question 12

In 1884 the meridian conference made 0 degrees longitude at the royal observatory in:

Answer 12

Greenwich England

Question 13

lines of latitude range from:

Answer 13

0 degrees longitude (The Equator) 90 degrees north is the north pole 90 degrees south is the south pole.

Question 14

lines of longitude range from:

Answer 14

0 degrees for the prime meridian

180 degrees in the middle of the pacific ocean

Question 15

180 degrees and west is labeled with a:

180 degrees and east is labeled with a:

Answer 15

W and an E

Question 16

The Northern Hemisphere is _____ of the equator

The Southern Hemisphere is _____ of the equator

Answer 16

North and South

Question 17

The Eastern Hemisphere is ______ of the Prime Meridian

The Western Hemisphere is _______ of the Prime Meridian

Answer 17

East and West

Question 18

Ptolemy was one of the first ______ of all time

Answer 18

Geographers

Question 19

Meridian comes from the Latin Word:

Answer 19

Midday

Question 20

St. Louis is how many degrees from the prime meridian

Answer 20

90 degrees from the prime meridian

Question 21

The U.S. is what of the prime meridian and what of the equator

Answer 21

North of the equator and west of the prime meridian

Question 22

the white house is blank degrees north of the equator and blank degrees west of the prime meridian

Answer 22

39 degrees north 77 degrees west