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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phase of Earth's geologic history are we in today?
(a) The Pleistocene.
(b) The Archean.
(c) The Eocene.
(d) The Hadean.

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

3. Which of the following activities requires the skills of a geographer?
(a) Tracking outbreaks of disease and predicting where diseases will spread in the future.
(b) Comparing the structures of government in two different cultures.
(c) Studying the history and current events of a particular country.
(d) Traveling to a distant place and blogging about the trip in an online journal.

4. How long ago did the most recent global warming trend start?
(a) Around 18,000 years ago.
(b) Around 50 years ago.
(c) Around 1,000 years ago.
(d) Around 100 years ago.

5. What was Earth like during its first 800 million years?
(a) Earth had a temperate climate.
(b) Earth had warm and cool regions.
(c) Earth was covered in ice.
(d) Earth was very hot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What approach to foreign affairs is fostered by the decision not to teach geography in public schools?

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

3. What profession does de Blij say should include training in cartography?

4. What does a geostationary satellite do?

5. How long has it been since Harvard University offered a geography class to its students?

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