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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event contributed to the end of Mao's power in China?
(a) A tsunami.
(b) A famine.
(c) Twin earthquakes.
(d) Flooding.

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

3. Which of the following revolutions occurred during the time period in which the nation-state was becoming popular?
(a) The Cultural Revolution.
(b) The Russian Revolution.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The Technological Revolution.

4. Why was 1816 called "the year without a summer"?
(a) Because there was so much ash and debris in the air that sunlight could not warm Earth enough for summer.
(b) Because people were so depressed by the dark and cold that year.
(c) Because extensive flooding prevented farmers from being able to sow seeds or harvest crops.
(d) Because the Little Ice Age was beginning and it was getting colder.

5. What technological development revolutionized cartography?
(a) The invention of the compass.
(b) The invention of the printing press.
(c) The invention of the airplane.
(d) The invention of the ruler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem has historically been an issue between Canada and the United States?

2. How long ago did the glaciers from the last Ice Age begin to recede?

3. Which of the following European countries did NOT colonize Africa?

4. When did China first begin to feel the impact of the Little Ice Age?

5. What were the first modern humans called?

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