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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the drift of Earth's continents?
(a) Ice Ages.
(b) The Moon's gravity.
(c) Ocean currents and tides.
(d) Plate tectonics.

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

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

4. Why did the U.S. support the anti-Soviet rebels in Afghanistan?
(a) Because it hoped to set up a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
(b) Because it did not want Afghanistan to become a Communist country.
(c) Because it was interested in drilling for oil in the Caspian Sea region.
(d) Because it supported the religious views of the Taliban.

5. What cultural group eventually introduced the bubonic plague to Europe?
(a) European merchants traveling to China.
(b) Mongol caravans traveling west.
(c) African slaves being sold in European markets.
(d) Indonesians fleeing volcanic eruptions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What historical event may have given rise to the stories in many cultures of a Great Flood?

2. What two inventions have done the most to increase life expectancy?

3. What country did Afghan refugees flee to when the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan?

4. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?

5. What does de Blij say that the Snowball Earth theory explains?

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