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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About what percentage of American students have studied geography in school?
(a) Less than five percent.
(b) Less than 30 percent.
(c) Less than 10 percent.
(d) Less than 50 percent.

3. What war does de Blij say could have been better handled if U.S. leaders had had a better grasp of geography?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Korean War.

4. How did Dr. John Snow use maps to save lives in London during the 19th century?
(a) He used them to decide where to put streetlights.
(b) He used them to plot new cases of cholera.
(c) He used them to teach firefighters to find their way around London.
(d) He used them to plot the locations of attacks during a crime wave.

5. What two countries were mixed up by President Nixon's staff?
(a) The Congo and Cuba.
(b) India and Indonesia.
(c) Brazil and Bolivia.
(d) Mauritania and Mauritius.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?

3. Why is geography different from other disciplines, according to de Blij?

4. Who formulated a grid that is still used to make map projections of the world?

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

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