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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do geographers look at the world, according to de Blij?
(a) Spatially.
(b) Structurally.
(c) Chronologically.
(d) Temporally.

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

3. How does de Blij suggest that you give directions if you do not know which way is north, south, east, or west?
(a) He suggests giving directions based on an analog clock face.
(b) He suggests drawing a map to use as a reference.
(c) He suggests giving directions based on landmarks.
(d) He suggests using global positioning software.

4. Why is geography different from other disciplines, according to de Blij?
(a) It covers science and technology.
(b) It makes unexpected links between topics.
(c) It is always in the news.
(d) It is constantly changing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Earth like during its first 800 million years?

2. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?

3. What other world does geography traditionally deal with, in addition to the human world?

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

5. What did Gilbert Grosvenor , the grandson of the National Geographic Society's 1950 president, do to improve geographic literacy in the United States?

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