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What line of latitude is at 0°?
a) Arctic Circles
b) Tropic of Cancer
c) Equator
d) Tropic of Capricorn

What line of latitude is at 0°?
a) Meridian
b) International Date Line
c) Equator
d) Prime Meridian

What word below also means a line of latitude?
a) Meridians
b) Parallels
c) Equators
d) Arctic Circles

What word below also means a line of longitude?
a) Parallels
b) Meridians
c) Equators
d) Tropics

If the world is divided along the zero line of longitude what two hemispheres has it been divided into?
a) Eastern and Western
b) Northern and Southern
c) Eastern and Northern
d) Southeastern and Southwestern

If the world is divided along the zero line of latitude what two hemispheres has it been divided into?
a) Eastern and Western
b) Northern and Western
c) Northern and Southern
d) Southern and Eastern

What unit is used to measure lines of latitude?
a) Feet
b) Miles
c) Degrees
d) Inches

Which directions are considered the primary or cardinal directions?
a) North, South, East, West
b) North, South, Northwest, Southwest
c) Northwest, Southeast, Northeast, Southeast
d) East, West, Northwest, Southeast

Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest are considered what type of directions?
a) Cardinal
b) Middle
c) Intermediate
d) Primary

What tool shows direction on a map?
a) Scale
b) Legend
c) Lines
d) Compass Rose

What tool is used to determine distance on a map?
a) Compass Rose
b) Legend
c) Key
d) Map Scale

What tool tells us what symbols mean on a map?
a) Legend/Key
b) Scale
c) Compass Rose
d) Title

What are the names of the World's major oceans?
a) Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian
b) Southern, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian
c) Northern, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian
d) Antarctic, Atlantic, Indian. and Southern

When listing coordinates which is listed first?
a) Latitude
b) Longitude
c) Scale
d) Degrees

Coordinates of a location give what on a map?
a) Absolute location
b) Grid Marks
c) Relative locations
d) Landmark

What do political maps show?
a) Borders and regions
b) Landmarks
c) Coordinates
d) Geographical features like rivers and mountains

What are maps that show physical land features called?
a) Political Maps
b) Physical Maps
c) Geographical Maps
d) Coordinate Maps

Which of the following correctly lists the seven continents?
a) North America, South America, East America, West America, United States, Florida, and Europe
b) North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and United States
c) North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica
d) North America, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, United States, Mexico

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