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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does de Blij mean when he refers to a mental map?
(a) He means that the brain changes structurally as a result of studying cartography.
(b) He means the brain's ability to visualize maps mentally when no map is available.
(c) He means the map of each person's individual universe: one's neighborhood, school, and community.
(d) He means the map of the brain that is being developed by neuroscientists.

2. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?
(a) Relative location.
(b) USGS location.
(c) Prime meridian location.
(d) Absolute location.

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

4. What is the name of the interglacial that we are currently in?
(a) The Eemian.
(b) The Atlanticum.
(c) The Subboreal.
(d) The Holocene.

5. Who formulated a grid that is still used to make map projections of the world?
(a) Captain Cook.
(b) Battista Agnese.
(c) Ferdinand Magellan.
(d) Gerardus Mercator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do scientists measure the movement of North America each year?

2. How did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect life on Earth?

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

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

5. How long ago did the glaciers from the last Ice Age begin to recede?

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