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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Marshall Plan?
(a) A plan for Western European countries to be rebuilt with U.S. aid.
(b) A plan for connecting all of Europe as one big country.
(c) A plan for European countries to agree never to go to war again.
(d) A plan for defeating communism in Eastern Europe.

2. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?
(a) Bahrain.
(b) Belgium.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Bolivia.

3. Why is a compass rose more useful in the United States than in Europe?
(a) American cities were laid out with the compass rose in mind.
(b) Europeans do not learn how to use a compass rose in school.
(c) The United States is oriented north to south.
(d) European countries use the metric system.

4. What was the Cultural Revolution?
(a) An attempt by the Chinese military to stage a coup.
(b) A campaign to teach more cultural information in Chinese schools.
(c) A grassroots movement to make China more democratic.
(d) A purge of Chinese citizens who were viewed as bourgeois.

5. What do geographers mean when they use the abbreviation "B.P."?
(a) Before the Present.
(b) Before the Pleistocene.
(c) Before the Past Era.
(d) Before the Postglacial Optimum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river does de Blij refer to as the "Mississippi of West Africa"?

2. Which of the following activities requires the skills of a geographer?

3. What was Earth like during its first 800 million years?

4. How did China change after Mao's death?

5. What event became known in China as the "Great Leap Forward"?

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