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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect Earth's climate?
(a) It sent millions of tons of ash and debris into the atmosphere.
(b) It caused a tsunami.
(c) It heated Earth's atmosphere.
(d) It shifted one of the plates in Earth's crust.

3. What was Earth like during its first 800 million years?
(a) Earth was covered in ice.
(b) Earth was very hot.
(c) Earth had warm and cool regions.
(d) Earth had a temperate climate.

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

5. How long ago did the glaciers from the last Ice Age begin to recede?
(a) The glaciers began to recede 10 million years ago.
(b) The glaciers began to recede 100 years ago.
(c) The glaciers began to recede 18,000 years ago.
(d) The glaciers began to recede 2 billion years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the interglacial that we are currently in?

2. What do geographers analyze using the gravity model?

3. How many mass extinctions have occurred during Earth's history?

4. What war does de Blij say could have been better handled if U.S. leaders had had a better grasp of geography?

5. When does de Blij say that geography began to decline in the United States?

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