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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was 1816 called "the year without a summer"?
(a) Because the Little Ice Age was beginning and it was getting colder.
(b) Because there was so much ash and debris in the air that sunlight could not warm Earth enough for summer.
(c) Because extensive flooding prevented farmers from being able to sow seeds or harvest crops.
(d) Because people were so depressed by the dark and cold that year.

2. In addition to population, what else does de Blij say will increase in the next century?
(a) Tax rates.
(b) Education levels.
(c) Infant mortality rates.
(d) The proportion of young people compared to old people.

3. What treaty, signed by Italy, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg in 1957, created the European Economic Community?
(a) The Treaty of Brussels.
(b) The Treaty of Versailles.
(c) The Treaty of Maastricht.
(d) The Treaty of Rome.

4. What group provides al Qaeda with most of its soldiers?
(a) Muslims who have lived in Western countries.
(b) Disenchanted Afghan young people.
(c) Conservative Muslim cleric-teachers.
(d) Former students of the madrassas.

5. How wide is each coastal country's territorial sea?
(a) Each territorial sea is five miles wide.
(b) Each territorial sea is 50 miles wide.
(c) Each territorial sea is 188 miles wide.
(d) Each territorial sea is 12 miles wide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What life forms are threatened during Earth's Ice Ages?

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

3. How does Europe's population compare with the population of the United States?

4. What country has a "one child only" policy for families?

5. How long has the European unification movement been underway?

(see the answer key)

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