1) The equator a) is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, at 0 degrees latitude b) runs through England c) runs north to south d) is parallel to the international dateline 2) Lines of latitude run in which direction? a) east-west b) north-south 3) Lines of longitude a) never touch b) run parallel to each other c) meet at the poles 4) The Prime Meridian is a line of a) latitude b) a tropic c) longitude d) compass rose 5) How many years in a century? a) 10 b) 100 c) 1000 d) one million 6) How many years in a decade? a) 10 b) 20 c) 100 d) 1,000 7) How many years in a millenium? a) Hans Solo b) 10 c) 1000 d) 100 8) an object made by humans that is of historical importance a) fossil b) artifact c) bacteria 9) climate a) long-term weather patterns in an area b) daily weather conditions c) the weather in between the Tropic of Capricorn and the equator 10) Light travels really fast. How fast? a) 186,282 miles per second b) 186,282 miles per hour c) a million miles per second 11) The science the deals with the earth's surfaces a) biology b) geography c) biography d) geology 12) The ....is the most southern latitude on the Earth where the sun can appear directly overhead a) Tropic of Cancer b) Tropic of Capricorn c) equator 13)  The ...is the most northern latitude on the Earth where the sun can appear directly overhead a) Tropic of Cancer b) Tropic of Capricorn c) Prime Meridian 14) Billy Bob's Clam Shack is a a block past Gilligan's Yacht Club is an example of a) absolute location b) relative location c) GPS 15) an exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude a) relative location b) absolute location c) scientific notation 16) Half of a globe is known a a) equator b) Prime Meridian c) hemisphere 17) The seven large landmasses on Earth are known as a) continents b) magma c) lava d) countries 18) This is a) scale b) contents c) compass rose d) Dora's talisman 19) This not so massive landmass surrounded by water on three sides is known as a a) island b) beach c) peninsula 20) this is used to a) used to represent the distances between points on a map b) teach the metric system c) teach math d) represent monetary systems 21) northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest a) are examples of cardinal directions b) are examples of intermediate directions c) absolute locations 22) .....are used to measure distances from the equator and Prime Meridian a) degrees b) latitude c) longitude d) intermediate directions

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