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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the interglacial that we are currently in?
(a) The Holocene.
(b) The Atlanticum.
(c) The Eemian.
(d) The Subboreal.

2. What event caused Earth's most recent mass extinction?
(a) The formation of the Moon.
(b) A collision with a comet or asteroid.
(c) Mass flooding caused by global warming.
(d) A temporary lowering in the temperature of the Sun.

3. As the world's population increases, where does de Blij say the increase in population will go to live?
(a) To more temperate regions.
(b) To undeveloped countries.
(c) To urban areas.
(d) To developed countries.

4. What were the first modern humans called?
(a) Homo erectus.
(b) Homo habilus.
(c) Cro-Magnons.
(d) Neanderthals.

5. What kind of map does not distort reality?
(a) A conical projection.
(b) A globe.
(c) An equal area projection.
(d) A cynlindrical projection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does de Blij say should include training in cartography?

2. When did the world's population begin to rise dramatically?

3. Why does de Blij feel that Americans have an obligation to be well informed?

4. In which of the following countries is the population decreasing?

5. When did the nation-state emerge in Europe?

(see the answer key)

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