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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other university departments does de Blij feel should be resurrected, along with geography departments?
(a) Interdisciplinary studies departments.
(b) Sociology departments.
(c) Departments of regional studies.
(d) History departments.

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

3. How is topography shown in United States Geological Survey maps?
(a) With a compass rose.
(b) With contour lines.
(c) With a series of concentric circles.
(d) With longitude and latitude lines.

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

5. 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 Korean War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who would be most likely to use a large scale map?

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

4. How do geographers look at the world, according to de Blij?

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

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