(a) lines
(b) signs
(c) directions
(d) none of these
(ii) The South Pole is
(a) 90° S
(b) 90° N
(c) 0° N
(d) none of these
(iii) The total number of meridians is
(a) 180
(b) 360
(c) 90
(d) none of these
(iv) North-east lies between
(a) South and East
(b) North and West
(c) North and East
(d) none of these
(v) The Tropic of Cancer is located at
(a) 23½° S
(b) 23½° N
(c) 25½° W
(d) none of these
(ii) An _______ is an imaginary line on which the earth rotates.
(iii) Including the Equator there are __________ latitudes.
(iv) Signs, symbols and colours are called __________ of the map.
(v) The imaginary lines drawn parallel to the Equator are known as parallels of _________.
(ii) The Arctic Circle is in the Southern Hemisphere.
(iii) All places on the same longitude have the same local time.
(iv) The Prime Meridian is located at 0° longitude.
(v) There are 180 lines of latitude in total.
(ii) What is the shape of the earth?
(iii) What is the ratio between the distance on the ground and the distance of the map known as?
(iv) What is the model of an earth called?
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(ii) Which are the important latitudes?
(iii) What is the main feature of a map?
(ii) What do you mean by Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere?
(iii) Write short notes on:
(a) Longitude
(b) Eastern and Western Hemispheres
(c) International Date Line
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