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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does de Blij describe as a modern proponent of environmental determinism?
(a) Ellsworth Huntington.
(b) Brian Fagan.
(c) Stephen Oppenheimer.
(d) Jared Diamond.

2. What historical event may have given rise to the stories in many cultures of a Great Flood?
(a) The Postglacial Optimum.
(b) Seismic waves after the eruption of Thira.
(c) The flooding of the Black Sea area.
(d) The Medieval Optimum.

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

4. What did European countries fail to consider when they colonized Africa?
(a) The urban populations.
(b) The size of the continent.
(c) The needs of the indigenous people.
(d) The distance from Europe.

5. What does de Blij say that the Snowball Earth theory explains?
(a) It explains why glaciers form during Ice Ages.
(b) It explains how Earth's oceans formed.
(c) It explains Earth's first deep freeze.
(d) It explains the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How wide is each coastal country's territorial sea?

2. When did the nation-state emerge in Europe?

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

4. What three groups fought over China in the early 20th century?

5. What was Earth like during its first 800 million years?

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