1. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?
(a) Bahrain.
(b) Belgium.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Bolivia.

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

3. Why is the population growing so fast in sub-Saharan Africa?
(a) Having more children gives a family higher status in certain cultures.
(b) There is plenty of land on which to build more homes for larger families.
(c) Religious leaders in those areas encourage families to have more children.
(d) There are no problems with famine or lack of medical care there.

4. What kind of a map did Vladimir Koppen devise?
(a) A map that showed lines of latitude and longitude.
(b) A map that showed the movements of glaciers.
(c) A map that showed climate regions.
(d) A map that showed political boundaries.

5. Why does de Blij call global warming a misnomer?
(a) Because the globe will probably cool down, not warm up.
(b) Because global warming occurs throughout Earth's history.
(c) Because warming will probably be regional, not global.
(d) Because Earth has been steadily cooling off since the Hadean period.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gilbert Grosvenor , the grandson of the National Geographic Society's 1950 president, do to improve geographic literacy in the United States?

2. Why does de Blij feel that Americans are unprepared to evaluate global warming?

3. What does the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea do?

4. Which of the following countries has borders that are in dispute?

5. What issue has caused conflicts along the border between Germany and the Netherlands?

(see the answer key)

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