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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who formulated a grid that is still used to make map projections of the world?
(a) Ferdinand Magellan.
(b) Battista Agnese.
(c) Captain Cook.
(d) Gerardus Mercator.

4. In which of the following countries are Muslims and Christians at war with each other?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Egypt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to de Blij, what is geographically contentious about Europe?

2. Why is a compass rose more useful in the United States than in Europe?

3. Which ocean does de Blij say is becoming the dominant world ocean?

4. What job does de Blij say should not have been eliminated by government budget cuts?

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

(see the answer key)

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