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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does de Blij say that it is problematic for urban areas to continue to expand?
(a) Because urban areas have higher crime rates.
(b) Because urban areas have high infant mortality rates.
(c) Because urban populations get their food from rural areas.
(d) Because urban landscapes change local geography.

2. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Botswana.
(d) China.

3. What does de Blij say that the Snowball Earth theory explains?
(a) It explains Earth's first deep freeze.
(b) It explains the extinction of the dinosaurs.
(c) It explains why glaciers form during Ice Ages.
(d) It explains how Earth's oceans formed.

4. How will Earth's population in the year 2015 compare with Earth's population in "the year without a summer"?
(a) Earth will have seven times more people than it did then.
(b) Earth will have about the same number of people in 2015 as it did then.
(c) Earth had seven times more people that year than it does now.
(d) Earth will have double the number of people in 2015 than it did then.

5. What phase of Earth's geologic history are we in today?
(a) The Eocene.
(b) The Hadean.
(c) The Pleistocene.
(d) The Archean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did life expectancy in Botswana fall from 60 to 39 between 1994 and 2004?

2. When did the coldest part of the Little Ice Age occur?

3. What does a geostationary satellite do?

4. What do geographers mean when they use the abbreviation "B.P."?

5. What caused the Younger Dryas?

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