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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of a map did Vladimir Koppen devise?
(a) A map that showed the movements of glaciers.
(b) A map that showed climate regions.
(c) A map that showed lines of latitude and longitude.
(d) A map that showed political boundaries.

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

3. What did Gilbert Grosvenor , the grandson of the National Geographic Society's 1950 president, do to improve geographic literacy in the United States?
(a) He began writing books about geography for children.
(b) He founded a map publishing company.
(c) He traveled the country giving seminars in public schools.
(d) He raised money for geography education and testified in Congress.

4. What caused the Younger Dryas?
(a) Ice sheets sliding into the oceans.
(b) A volcanic eruption.
(c) The Little Ice Age.
(d) The Mongol invasions.

5. Who does de Blij describe as a modern proponent of environmental determinism?
(a) Jared Diamond.
(b) Brian Fagan.
(c) Ellsworth Huntington.
(d) Stephen Oppenheimer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?

4. How is topography shown in United States Geological Survey maps?

5. How long have people been making maps?

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