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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What life forms are threatened during Earth's Ice Ages?
(a) Only land animals.
(b) Only marine life.
(c) All life forms.
(d) Only plant life.

2. What were the first modern humans called?
(a) Cro-Magnons.
(b) Neanderthals.
(c) Homo erectus.
(d) Homo habilus.

3. What war does de Blij say could have been better handled if U.S. leaders had had a better grasp of geography?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

4. What problem has historically been an issue between Canada and the United States?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Mining.
(c) Fishing rights.
(d) Acid rain.

5. How long ago did the glaciers from the last Ice Age begin to recede?
(a) The glaciers began to recede 10 million years ago.
(b) The glaciers began to recede 18,000 years ago.
(c) The glaciers began to recede 2 billion years ago.
(d) The glaciers began to recede 100 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?

2. Which of the following countries has borders that are in dispute?

3. What country has a "one child only" policy for families?

4. What American President went to China in 1971 and met Chairman Mao?

5. As the world's population increases, where does de Blij say the increase in population will go to live?

(see the answer key)

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