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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 statements is the best description of Earth's geologic history?
(a) Earth used to have a tropical climate and has gotten steadily more temperate.
(b) Earth used to have a cold climate and has gotten steadily warmer.
(c) Earth is usually warm but has also had some short Ice Ages.
(d) Earth has had several Ice Ages separated by shorter warm periods.

2. Which of the following countries has borders that are in dispute?
(a) Tibet.
(b) The United States.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Mexico.

3. What three groups fought over China in the early 20th century?
(a) Corporations, human rights agencies, and the United Nations.
(b) Mongols, Koreans, and the Vietnamese.
(c) Nationalists, Communists, and the Japanese.
(d) Northerners, Southerners, and guerilla revolutionaries.

4. How did colonial powers in Europe divide up the territory in Africa?
(a) They bought the land from indigenous groups.
(b) They negotiated peacefully.
(c) They used economic embargoes to force Africans to agree.
(d) They fought wars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool does de Blij say that no household should ever be without?

2. How have Chinese nationalists reacted to American foreign policy decisions?

3. Why does de Blij feel that Americans are unprepared to evaluate global warming?

4. How did Earth's Moon form?

5. What reason did Iraq give for invading Kuwait just before the first Gulf War?

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