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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tool does de Blij say that no household should ever be without?
(a) An atlas.
(b) A ruler.
(c) A globe.
(d) A computer.

2. Why does de Blij feel that Americans are unprepared to evaluate global warming?
(a) Because they do not take classes in geography.
(b) Because they do not pay attention to current events.
(c) Because they do not understand geologic history.
(d) Because they do not know enough about science.

3. What did Georgetown University decide to do in response to the geographic illiteracy of incoming students?
(a) It required all students to pass a geography test as part of the admissions process.
(b) It required all students to take a class called Map of the Modern World.
(c) It required all students to take four years of geography.
(d) It required all students to pass a geography test in order to graduate from Georgetown.

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

5. About what percentage of American students have studied geography in school?
(a) Less than 50 percent.
(b) Less than 10 percent.
(c) Less than five percent.
(d) Less than 30 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of map does not distort reality?

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

3. What were climatic conditions like during the Postglacial Optimum?

4. Why does de Blij feel that Americans have an obligation to be well informed?

5. How long have people been making maps?

(see the answer key)

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