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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would be most likely to use a large scale map?
(a) A journalist writing about news events in a faraway country.
(b) A pilot following a route from one city to another.
(c) A student learning about world geography.
(d) A tourist finding his or her way around a museum.

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

3. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Bahrain.

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

5. What job does de Blij say should not have been eliminated by government budget cuts?
(a) Government cartographer.
(b) Congressional aide.
(c) Ambassador to foreign countries.
(d) Geographic attache.

Short Answer Questions

1. What approach to foreign affairs is fostered by the decision not to teach geography in public schools?

2. Why has the United States been so slow to convert maps to the metric system?

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

4. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?

5. What technological development revolutionized cartography?

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