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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Harvard University offered a geography class to its students?
(a) More than 20 years.
(b) More than 50 years.
(c) More than 10 years.
(d) More than 100 years.

2. If Earth's population keeps growing at the present rate, how high will it be by the year 2035?
(a) One million.
(b) Twenty billion.
(c) Eight billion.
(d) One billion.

3. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?
(a) China.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Iraq.

4. How wide is each coastal country's territorial sea?
(a) Each territorial sea is 50 miles wide.
(b) Each territorial sea is 12 miles wide.
(c) Each territorial sea is five miles wide.
(d) Each territorial sea is 188 miles wide.

5. When were the boundaries of nation-states in Africa drawn?
(a) When World War II ended.
(b) When developed countries began sending foreign aid to Africa.
(c) When Europe colonized Africa.
(d) When African countries became independent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Little Ice Age affect Europe?

2. What did Georgetown University decide to do in response to the geographic illiteracy of incoming students?

3. Who does de Blij describe as a modern proponent of environmental determinism?

4. What does de Blij say that the Snowball Earth theory explains?

5. What issue has caused conflicts along the border between Germany and the Netherlands?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it a problem for Europe's population to decline?

2. Explain what the climate has been like during Earth's current geologic period, the Pleistocene.

3. What does de Blij mean when he says that geographers look at the world spatially?

4. How were the locations of colony boundaries in Africa determined?

5. Explain why Earth's continents drift. What theory explains this process?

6. What is the Exclusive Economic Zone?

7. Why should Americans care about worldwide population growth?

8. What was Europe's climate like just before the Little Ice Age began?

9. What kinds of unusual linkages does de Blij say that geographers make?

10. How did political maps change during the age of colonialism?

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