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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Georgetown University decide to do in response to the geographic illiteracy of incoming students?
(a) It required all students to pass a geography test as part of the admissions process.
(b) It required all students to pass a geography test in order to graduate from Georgetown.
(c) It required all students to take a class called Map of the Modern World.
(d) It required all students to take four years of geography.

3. How did colonial powers in Europe divide up the territory in Africa?
(a) They used economic embargoes to force Africans to agree.
(b) They fought wars.
(c) They bought the land from indigenous groups.
(d) They negotiated peacefully.

4. What reason did Iraq give for invading Kuwait just before the first Gulf War?
(a) Iraq claimed that Kuwait had invaded Iraq.
(b) Iraq claimed Kuwait was drilling into Iraq's underground oil reservoirs.
(c) Iraq claimed that Kuwait was diverting Iraq's water supply.
(d) Iraq claimed that Kuwait was invading Iraqi airspace.

5. How many countries are there in the world?
(a) Nearly 300.
(b) Nearly 100.
(c) Nearly 400.
(d) Nearly 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect life on Earth?

2. What did European countries fail to consider when they colonized Africa?

3. What phase of Earth's geologic history are we in today?

4. What problem resulted from the drawing of political boundaries in Africa by European powers?

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

(see the answer key)

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