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Question about Earth: Movements

Subject Geography

Geography

Source Originais Teachy

Originais Teachy

Topic Earth: Movements

Earth: Movements

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(Originais Teachy 2023) - Question Medium of Geography

The Greenwich Meridian was chosen as zero degrees (longitude zero) in 1884, during the First International Geodesy Congress in Washington D.C., United States. Why was this congress important for defining this meridian?

Because it was established that all countries would use the Western Meridian as a reference for world time and world maps.

Because it was established that all countries would use the Central Meridian as a reference for world time and world maps.

Because it was established that all countries would use the Southern Meridian as a reference for world time and world maps.

Because it was established that all countries would use the Greenwich Meridian as a reference for world time and world maps.

Because it was established that all countries would use the Eastern Meridian as a reference for world time and world maps.

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