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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technological development revolutionized cartography?
(a) The invention of the printing press.
(b) The invention of the compass.
(c) The invention of the ruler.
(d) The invention of the airplane.

2. What did European countries fail to consider when they colonized Africa?
(a) The needs of the indigenous people.
(b) The urban populations.
(c) The size of the continent.
(d) The distance from Europe.

3. What continent will decline in population by 2050, according to the United Nations?
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) North America.

4. What did scientists think was happening to the climate in the 1950s, when de Blij was in graduate school?
(a) Global upheaval.
(b) Global cooling.
(c) No change in climate.
(d) Global warming.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what percentage of American students have studied geography in school?

3. Which of the following empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

4. What event caused Earth's most recent mass extinction?

5. What were climatic conditions like during the Postglacial Optimum?

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