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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do geographers look at the world, according to de Blij?
(a) Chronologically.
(b) Structurally.
(c) Temporally.
(d) Spatially.

2. Why does de Blij call global warming a misnomer?
(a) Because global warming occurs throughout Earth's history.
(b) Because warming will probably be regional, not global.
(c) Because Earth has been steadily cooling off since the Hadean period.
(d) Because the globe will probably cool down, not warm up.

3. When does de Blij say that geography began to decline in the United States?
(a) When Americans became less willing to travel after 9/11.
(b) When professional educators decided to combine history, government, and geography into social studies.
(c) When political boundaries began to change so fast that it was hard to keep maps up-to-date.
(d) When people began to watch television instead of reading books for entertainment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a map did Vladimir Koppen devise?

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

3. How did Earth's Moon form?

4. What two countries were mixed up by President Nixon's staff?

5. How does de Blij suggest that you give directions if you do not know which way is north, south, east, or west?

(see the answer key)

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