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 mapsource: 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" mapsource: www.your-vector-maps.com Key 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.