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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technological development revolutionized cartography?
(a) The invention of the ruler.
(b) The invention of the printing press.
(c) The invention of the airplane.
(d) The invention of the compass.

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

3. What does a geostationary satellite do?
(a) It can discern features of tiny objects on Earth's surface.
(b) It remains stationary over a particular point on Earth's surface.
(c) It sends data to GPS devices in cars.
(d) It produces maps of changing weather conditions.

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 cultural world.
(d) The natural world.

5. Which of the following activities requires the skills of a geographer?
(a) Comparing the structures of government in two different cultures.
(b) Studying the history and current events of a particular country.
(c) Tracking outbreaks of disease and predicting where diseases will spread in the future.
(d) Traveling to a distant place and blogging about the trip in an online journal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has it been since Harvard University offered a geography class to its students?

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

4. What did Georgetown University decide to do in response to the geographic illiteracy of incoming students?

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

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