Equator, Hemispheres, and Name:______Prime Meridian Date:______
Use the world map to help answer these questions.
1. What line divedes the Earth into the Eastern and the Western Hemispheres?
______
2. What three continents are partly in the Northern Hemisphere and partly in the Southern Hemisphere?
______
3. What two continents are completely in the Soutern Hemisphere?
______
4. What two continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?
______
5. What four continent is completely in the Eastern Hemisphere an partly in the Eastern Hamisphere?
______
6. What continent is completely in the Eastern Hemisphere?
______
7. What two continents are completely in the Northern Hemisphere?
______
8. What line divides the Earth into the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres?
______150°0'0"W 120°0'0"W 90°0'0"W 60°0'0"W 30°0'0"W 0°0'0" 30°0'0"E 60°0'0"E 90°0'0"E 120°0'0"E 150°0'0"E 180°0'0" 90°0'0" mapsource: www.your-vector-maps.com Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Arctic Circle Arctic Circle Arctic Circle
60°0'0"N International Date Line 60°0'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Cancer
0°0'0" Equator Equator 0°0'0"
Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn
30°0'0"S 30°0'0"S
60°0'0"S 60°0'0"S
Antarctic Circle Antarctic Circle Prime Meridian
180°0'0" 150°0'0"W 120°0'0"W 90°0'0"W 60°0'0"W 30°0'0"W 0°0'0" 30°0'0"E 60°0'0"E 90°0'0"E 120°0'0"E 150°0'0"E 180°0'0"
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1. What line divedes the Earth into the Eastern and the Western Hemispheres?
______The Prime Meridian
2. What three continents are partly in the Northern Hemisphere and partly in the Southern Hemisphere?
______South America, Africa and Asia
3. What two continents are completely in the Soutern Hemisphere?
______Australia and Antarctica
4. What two continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?
______North and South America
5. What four continent is completely in the Eastern Hemisphere an partly in the Eastern Hamisphere?
______Europe, Africa, Asia and Antarctica
6. What continent is completely in the Eastern Hemisphere?
______Australia
7. What two continents are completely in the Northern Hemisphere?
______North America and Europe
8. What line divides the Earth into the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres?
______The Equator