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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do geographers analyze using the gravity model?
(a) Current events.
(b) Plate tectonics.
(c) The history of Earth.
(d) Interaction between cities.

2. What profession does de Blij say should include training in cartography?
(a) Art.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Law.
(d) Politics.

3. What did Georgetown University decide to do in response to the geographic illiteracy of incoming students?
(a) It required all students to take four years of geography.
(b) It required all students to take a class called Map of the Modern World.
(c) It required all students to pass a geography test in order to graduate from Georgetown.
(d) It required all students to pass a geography test as part of the admissions process.

4. What other world does geography traditionally deal with, in addition to the human world?
(a) The philosophical world.
(b) The astronomical world.
(c) The natural world.
(d) The cultural world.

5. How long have people been making maps?
(a) At least 100 years.
(b) At least 500 years.
(c) At least 1,000 years.
(d) At least 5,000 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does de Blij mean when he refers to a mental map?

4. How is topography shown in United States Geological Survey maps?

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

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