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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. What is the Triple Frontier?
(a) Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.
(b) Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia.
(c) Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras.
(d) Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil.

2. What country's model should be followed by the U.S. in responding to terrorist attacks, according to de Blij?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Israel.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

3. Who became the leader of China after Mao died?
(a) Lin Sen.
(b) Deng Xiaoping.
(c) Zhou Enlai.
(d) Hua Guofeng.

4. Why is sub-Saharan Africa so isolated?
(a) North African countries used to boycott South Africa becauseof apartheid.
(b) The Sahara makes it hard to travel between north and south Africa.
(c) The people of the north and south have different religious faiths.
(d) Sub-Saharan Africa has very extreme weather, with frequent storms.

5. In which of the following countries are Muslims and Christians at war with each other?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Egypt.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes does de Blij suggest show that the European Union may eventually form one nation?

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

3. What was Russia like during the early years after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

4. Why is Russia's population declining?

5. What rationale did Russian President Vladimir Putin give for taking away some rights and freedoms from Russians?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did European actions produce havoc in Africa?

2. What kinds of places do terrorists thrive in?

3. What problems did the Bolsheviks inherit from the czarist government in Russia?

4. How does the physical geography of Afghanistan make it the perfect place for a terrorist base?

5. How does the population distribution of Europe differ from that of the United States?

6. Why does de Blij quote Napoleon's remark that China was a sleeping giant and that whoever woke it up would regret it?

7. Who is Usama (or Osama) bin Laden?

8. Why did the U.S. invade Iraq, even though Iraq was not connected with the 9/11 attacks?

9. What are some different definitions of terrorism?

10. What advantages does Russia have in today's world?

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