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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do scientists measure the movement of North America each year?
(a) In yards.
(b) In feet.
(c) In inches.
(d) In miles.

2. Why does de Blij feel that Americans are unprepared to evaluate global warming?
(a) Because they do not pay attention to current events.
(b) Because they do not take classes in geography.
(c) Because they do not know enough about science.
(d) Because they do not understand geologic history.

3. When did the nation-state emerge in Europe?
(a) Between 1650 and 1850.
(b) Between 1250 and 1450.
(c) Between 1450 and 1550.
(d) Between 1850 and 1950.

4. Which of the following countries was never colonized by Europe?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Kenya.
(d) South Africa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following countries does de Blij think will play an important role in the new world order?

2. How far south did North American glaciers reach during the last Ice Age?

3. When were the boundaries of nation-states in Africa drawn?

4. How did Earth's Moon form?

5. Which part of Africa has been Islamic since the 7th century?

(see the answer key)

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