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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does de Blij mean when he refers to a mental map?
(a) He means the map of each person's individual universe: one's neighborhood, school, and community.
(b) He means the brain's ability to visualize maps mentally when no map is available.
(c) He means the map of the brain that is being developed by neuroscientists.
(d) He means that the brain changes structurally as a result of studying cartography.

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

3. How did the Little Ice Age affect Europe?
(a) It caused famines.
(b) It caused the fall of the Minoan civilization.
(c) It produced a golden age.
(d) It strengthened empires.

4. How do scientists measure the movement of North America each year?
(a) In miles.
(b) In feet.
(c) In yards.
(d) In inches.

5. What does a geostationary satellite do?
(a) It produces maps of changing weather conditions.
(b) It remains stationary over a particular point on Earth's surface.
(c) It can discern features of tiny objects on Earth's surface.
(d) It sends data to GPS devices in cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Earth's Moon form?

2. What other university departments does de Blij feel should be resurrected, along with geography departments?

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

4. What did scientists think was happening to the climate in the 1950s, when de Blij was in graduate school?

5. Which of the following activities requires the skills of a geographer?

(see the answer key)

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