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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following maps can you derive the most accurate estimates of distances from?
(a) A map of a city.
(b) A map of a city block.
(c) A map of the world.
(d) A map of the United States.

2. How is topography shown in United States Geological Survey maps?
(a) With contour lines.
(b) With longitude and latitude lines.
(c) With a compass rose.
(d) With a series of concentric circles.

3. What American President went to China in 1971 and met Chairman Mao?
(a) Walter Mondale.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John Kennedy.
(d) Lyndon Johnson.

4. What event caused Earth's most recent mass extinction?
(a) A collision with a comet or asteroid.
(b) Mass flooding caused by global warming.
(c) A temporary lowering in the temperature of the Sun.
(d) The formation of the Moon.

5. Why has the United States been so slow to convert maps to the metric system?
(a) Geographers prefer not to use the metric system in maps until it is used for other things too.
(b) U.S. geographers are not accustomed to the metric system and prefer not to use it.
(c) The metric system is not as efficient for mapmaking as the English system of measurement.
(d) The Ordinance of 1785 required land to be laid out in township squares measured in feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

2. What technological development revolutionized cartography?

3. What does a geostationary satellite do?

4. Which of the following maps has the smallest scale?

5. How did colonial powers in Europe divide up the territory in Africa?

(see the answer key)

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