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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did China first begin to feel the impact of the Little Ice Age?
(a) During the Mongol Dynasty.
(b) During the Ming Dynasty.
(c) During the fall of the Roman Empire.
(d) During the Han Empire.

2. How many mass extinctions have occurred during Earth's history?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Hundreds.

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

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

5. If Earth's population keeps growing at the present rate, how high will it be by the year 2035?
(a) Twenty billion.
(b) Eight billion.
(c) One million.
(d) One billion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What life forms are threatened during Earth's Ice Ages?

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

4. Which of the following countries adds nine or ten million people to the world's population every year?

5. Why does de Blij feel that Americans should care about worldwide population growth?

(see the answer key)

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