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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did scientists think was happening to the climate in the 1950s, when de Blij was in graduate school?
(a) Global upheaval.
(b) Global cooling.
(c) Global warming.
(d) No change in climate.

2. Who would be most likely to use a large scale map?
(a) A journalist writing about news events in a faraway country.
(b) A pilot following a route from one city to another.
(c) A student learning about world geography.
(d) A tourist finding his or her way around a museum.

3. How long ago did the glaciers from the last Ice Age begin to recede?
(a) The glaciers began to recede 100 years ago.
(b) The glaciers began to recede 18,000 years ago.
(c) The glaciers began to recede 2 billion years ago.
(d) The glaciers began to recede 10 million years ago.

4. What were the first modern humans called?
(a) Cro-Magnons.
(b) Homo habilus.
(c) Neanderthals.
(d) Homo erectus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

2. What event caused Earth's most recent mass extinction?

3. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?

4. Which of the following maps can you derive the most accurate estimates of distances from?

5. What phase of Earth's geologic history are we in today?

(see the answer key)

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