1. Latitude, Longitude and
Hemispheres
Review

2. Lines of Latitude are also
called…
Parallels

3. Lines of Longitude are also
called…
 Meridians

4. Lines of latitude run ____ to ____ but
are measured as _____ or _____.
 east…west / north…south

5. Lines of longitude run ____ to ____
but are measured as _____ or _____.
 north…south / east…west

6. Is this a line of latitude
or longitude? What is
it called?

7. Tropic of Cancer

8. And this one?

9. Tropic of Capricorn

10. What is this line of
latitude called?

11. The Antarctic Circle

12. What about this one?

13. Equator!!

14. The Tropic of Capricorn

15. One more…

16. The Arctic Circle

17. What about this famous
line of longitude? It’s
measured at 0 degrees.

18. The Prime Meridian

19. Where?
What is the approximate location using
latitude and longitude measurements?

20. 50 E 60 E 70 E 80 E 90 E
60 N
50 N
40 N
30 N

21. Answer
About 42 N, 72 E

22. One more…

23. 50 E 60 E 70 E 80 E 90 E
60 N
50 N
40 N
30 N

24. Answer
About 55 N, 85 E

25. The Northern and Southern
Hemispheres are separated by…
 The Equator

26. The Eastern and Western
Hemispheres are divided by…
The Prime Meridian (and the 180th
parallel or the International Date Line)

27. Identify at least two continents in the
Northern Hemisphere

28. Identify at least two continents in the
Northern Hemisphere
North
America Asia
Europe
Africa

29. Identify at least two continents in the
Southern Hemisphere

30. Identify at least two continents in the
Southern Hemisphere
Africa
South
America
Antarctica
Australia

31. Identify at least two continents in the
Western Hemisphere

32. Identify at least two continents in the
Western Hemisphere
North
America
South
America
Antarctica

33. Identify at least two continents in the Eastern Hemisphere

34. Europe Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica

35. Identify at least two oceans in the
Northern Hemisphere

36. Identify at least two oceans in the
Northern Hemisphere
Pacific
Ocean
Indian
Atlantic Ocean
Ocean

37. Identify at least two oceans in the
Southern Hemisphere

38. Identify at least two oceans in the
Southern Hemisphere
Atlantic
Ocean
Indian
Ocean
Pacific
Ocean

39. Identify at least two oceans in the
Western Hemisphere

40. Identify at least two oceans in the
Western Hemisphere
Arctic
Arctic Ocean Ocean
Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean

41. Identify at least two oceans in the Eastern Hemisphere

42. Arctic
Ocean
Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
Indian
Ocean

43. Why does Earth have seasons?
 Earth’s axis is tilted at about 23
degrees. This means that the sun’s rays
hit Earth at a more direct angle during
summer than winter.