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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?
(a) China.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Botswana.

2. What approach to foreign affairs is fostered by the decision not to teach geography in public schools?
(a) Callous disregard for the welfare of other societies.
(b) An international outlook.
(c) Paternalism toward developing countries.
(d) Isolationism and parochialism.

3. What reason did Iraq give for invading Kuwait just before the first Gulf War?
(a) Iraq claimed Kuwait was drilling into Iraq's underground oil reservoirs.
(b) Iraq claimed that Kuwait was diverting Iraq's water supply.
(c) Iraq claimed that Kuwait had invaded Iraq.
(d) Iraq claimed that Kuwait was invading Iraqi airspace.

4. What were the first modern humans called?
(a) Homo habilus.
(b) Cro-Magnons.
(c) Homo erectus.
(d) Neanderthals.

5. What kind of map does not distort reality?
(a) A cynlindrical projection.
(b) A globe.
(c) An equal area projection.
(d) A conical projection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool does de Blij say that no household should ever be without?

2. What human event coincided with the end of the Little Ice Age?

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

4. If Earth's population keeps growing at the present rate, how high will it be by the year 2035?

5. What caused the Younger Dryas?

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