4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 8
Latitude & Longitude
Finding places on the globe
What your child practices
Using latitude and longitude to find places in California and the world, and the poles, equator, prime meridian, tropics and hemispheres.
California Content Standards learning standard: 4.1.1; 4.1.2 · using latitude and longitude to find places, and the poles, equator, prime meridian, tropics and hemispheres
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
The Tropic of Cancer is…
- a river
- a line of latitude north of the equator
- California's border
- a line of longitude
a line of latitude north of the equator
Hint: It is about 23° north.
Question 2
Which is an absolute location?
- 34° N, 118° W
- west of the mountains
- near the beach
- next to the park
34° N, 118° W
Hint: Absolute location uses coordinates.
Question 3
Which place is closest to the equator?
- Sacramento (about 38° N)
- San Diego (about 33° N)
- Eureka (about 41° N)
- Lake Tahoe (about 39° N)
San Diego (about 33° N)
Hint: The smaller the latitude, the closer to the equator.
Question 4
Sacramento is at about 38° N, 121° W. The "N" tells you it is…
- north of the equator
- on the prime meridian
- near the North Pole
- south of the equator
north of the equator
Hint: N is for north latitude.
Question 5
"San Francisco is about 380 miles northwest of Los Angeles" is a…
- time zone
- relative location
- map key
- latitude reading
relative location
Hint: It compares two places.
Question 6
Which tool shows Earth's shape most accurately?
- a flat road map
- a floor plan
- a city map
- a globe
a globe
Hint: Earth is a sphere.