Book: Our California, History-Social Science for California
Author: William E. White, Ph.D.
U-$0.33-B-0.006065-BE-55
Unit: 1, The Land of California
Lesson: 1, How do you locate places on Earth?
Page: 3-6
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Answer Key
1. North, South, East, West are main or cardinal directions.
2. A compass rose is a symbol that shows the main directions on a map.
3. A line of latitude is the name of the imaginary lines that run east-west around Earth.
4. A line of longitude is the name of the imaginary lines that run north-south around Earth.
5. Latitude and Longitude lines form a coordinate grid system.
6. Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in degrees.
7. Absolute location is what we call the exact or nearly exact location of a place on Earth.
8. The equator is the line of latitude that circles the middle of Earth.
9. True, the equator is the starting point for measuring degrees of latitude.
10. Prime Meridian is Earth's main line of longitude.
Author: William E. White, Ph.D.
U-$0.33-B-0.006065-BE-55
Unit: 1, The Land of California
Lesson: 1, How do you locate places on Earth?
Page: 3-6
Go to Our California Directory
Go to Directory of Books
Go to Questions
Answer Key
1. North, South, East, West are main or cardinal directions.
2. A compass rose is a symbol that shows the main directions on a map.
3. A line of latitude is the name of the imaginary lines that run east-west around Earth.
4. A line of longitude is the name of the imaginary lines that run north-south around Earth.
5. Latitude and Longitude lines form a coordinate grid system.
6. Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in degrees.
7. Absolute location is what we call the exact or nearly exact location of a place on Earth.
8. The equator is the line of latitude that circles the middle of Earth.
9. True, the equator is the starting point for measuring degrees of latitude.
10. Prime Meridian is Earth's main line of longitude.
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