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Which does not belong to the three big groups of islands in the Philippines?
Mindanao
Luzon
Manila
Visayas
Philippines is located on the western edge of the Atlantic Ocean, along the Ring of Fire.
True
False
Philippines is the...
first-largest archipelago
second-largest archipelago
third-largest archipelago
second-smallest archipelago
It is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point NORTH or SOUTH of the Equator.
Longitude
Pole
Location
Latitude
Lines of latitude are often referred to as...
lines
parallels
ruler
adjacent
Latitude is shown as...
Broken line
Vertical line
Diagonal line
Horizontal line
An imaginary line which serves as a point of reference in measuring the distance going to the poles from north to south.
Equator
Longitude
Latitude
Location
The Equator is located at 0 degrees latitude.
True
False
Longitude is shown as...
Vertical line
Horizontal line
Diagonal line
Broken line
It is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point EAST or WEST of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian.
Latitude
Equator
South Pole
Longitude
Lines of longitude are often referred to as meridiths.
True
False
It serves as a point of reference in measuring distance in the meridians in the east or west.
Pizza Meridian
Prime Meridian
Equator
None of the above
Prime meridian is also called...
Greenwich Pizza
Pizza hut
Greenwich meridian
PM
The Philippines is located between the ______ and the _____.
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
equator in the Northern Hemisphere
equator in the Southern Hemisphere
It is the definitive location of a place using a recognized coordinate system.
Absolute Location
Relative Location
The relationship between a reference point to another place or nearby landmark/s.
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Two ways of identifying the relative location of the Philippines.
Vicinal Location
Insular or Maritime Location
Land location
Volcano location
Location based on the countries surrounding the Philippines.
Location based on the bodies of water surrounding the Philippines.
The Philippines is surrounded by Taiwan in the North, Malaysia and Indonesia in the South, Guam in the East and Vietnam in the West.
True
False
Which is not how the location of the Philippines has helped shaped its history?
Gateway to the World
American Colonization
None of the Above
Economic and Cultural Development
Ancestors of the Filipinos
What body of water is located in the North of the Philippines?
Bashi Channel
West Philippine Sea
Pacific Ocean and the Philippine sea
Celebes Sea
What body of water is located in the South of the Philippines?
Bashi Channel
West Philippine Sea
Pacific Ocean and the Philippine sea
Celebes Sea
What body of water is located in the East of the Philippines?
Bashi Channel
West Philippine Sea
Pacific Ocean and the Philippine sea
Celebes Sea
What body of water is located in the West of the Philippines?
Bashi Channel
West Philippine Sea
Pacific Ocean and the Philippine sea
Celebes Sea
These are important tools in locating places and studying Earth.
Globe and Map
Books and Pens
Compass and Map
Ink and Paper
The Philippines is an archipelago that is composed of more than _______ islands and islets.
8,500
7,000
7,500
1,700
The Philippines is located on the western part of the Pacific Ocean and on the southeast of mainland Asia.
True
False
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