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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will Earth's population in the year 2015 compare with Earth's population in "the year without a summer"?
(a) Earth will have seven times more people than it did then.
(b) Earth had seven times more people that year than it does now.
(c) Earth will have about the same number of people in 2015 as it did then.
(d) Earth will have double the number of people in 2015 than it did then.

2. What American President went to China in 1971 and met Chairman Mao?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Lyndon Johnson.
(c) Walter Mondale.
(d) John Kennedy.

3. Where would you expect to find the highest infant mortality rates?
(a) In Japan.
(b) In Angola.
(c) In Sweden.
(d) In the United States.

4. Why did the U.S. support the anti-Soviet rebels in Afghanistan?
(a) Because it did not want Afghanistan to become a Communist country.
(b) Because it was interested in drilling for oil in the Caspian Sea region.
(c) Because it hoped to set up a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
(d) Because it supported the religious views of the Taliban.

5. Why were many Americans shocked when Nixon went to China?
(a) Because China was not a Christian country.
(b) Because China was a dangerous place to visit.
(c) Because China was a Communist country.
(d) Because China had a terrible human rights record.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue has caused conflicts along the border between Germany and the Netherlands?

2. What other country supported the mujahideen in Afghanistan?

3. Which of the following countries adds nine or ten million people to the world's population every year?

4. Which of the following European countries did NOT colonize Africa?

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

(see the answer key)

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