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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What human event coincided with the end of the Little Ice Age?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The fall of the Roman Empire.
(c) The rise of the Han Dynasty.
(d) The French Revolution.

2. Where does de Blij hope that a new, more liberal form of Islam will emerge?
(a) In Europe.
(b) In Africa.
(c) In the Pacific Rim.
(d) In the Middle East.

3. How does Europe's population compare with the population of the United States?
(a) Europe has twice the population of the United States.
(b) Europe has about the same size population as the United States.
(c) Europe is about four times more populous than the United States.
(d) Europe has half the population of the United States.

4. Which part of Africa has been Islamic since the 7th century?
(a) West Africa.
(b) South Africa.
(c) North Africa.
(d) Central Africa.

5. What issue has caused conflicts along the border between Germany and the Netherlands?
(a) Human rights.
(b) Mining rights.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Water rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the easiest way to trace how terrorist groups get funded?

2. What is the name for the area in which the cities of Ramadi, Tikrit, Baghdad, and Fallujah lie?

3. What did H.J. Mackinder argue in what de Blij calls the "most often cited article in geography"?

4. What river does de Blij refer to as the "Mississippi of West Africa"?

5. Why is the population growing so fast in sub-Saharan Africa?

(see the answer key)

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