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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do geographers look at the world, according to de Blij?
(a) Temporally.
(b) Spatially.
(c) Structurally.
(d) Chronologically.

2. What do geographers mean when they use the abbreviation "B.P."?
(a) Before the Present.
(b) Before the Past Era.
(c) Before the Pleistocene.
(d) Before the Postglacial Optimum.

3. What causes the drift of Earth's continents?
(a) Ocean currents and tides.
(b) Plate tectonics.
(c) The Moon's gravity.
(d) Ice Ages.

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

5. How long have people been making maps?
(a) At least 100 years.
(b) At least 1,000 years.
(c) At least 5,000 years.
(d) At least 500 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is geography different from other disciplines, according to de Blij?

2. What human event coincided with the end of the Little Ice Age?

3. What did Gilbert Grosvenor , the grandson of the National Geographic Society's 1950 president, do to improve geographic literacy in the United States?

4. How did Dr. John Snow use maps to save lives in London during the 19th century?

5. Why was 1816 called "the year without a summer"?

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