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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue has caused conflicts along the border between Germany and the Netherlands?
(a) Mining rights.
(b) Human rights.
(c) Water rights.
(d) Civil rights.

2. Who formulated a grid that is still used to make map projections of the world?
(a) Captain Cook.
(b) Battista Agnese.
(c) Gerardus Mercator.
(d) Ferdinand Magellan.

3. How did Dr. John Snow use maps to save lives in London during the 19th century?
(a) He used them to plot new cases of cholera.
(b) He used them to decide where to put streetlights.
(c) He used them to teach firefighters to find their way around London.
(d) He used them to plot the locations of attacks during a crime wave.

4. What event became known in China as the "Great Leap Forward"?
(a) The invasion of Tibet.
(b) Collectivization of farms.
(c) Implementation of the one family, one child policy.
(d) The campaign against Confucianism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does de Blij suggest that you give directions if you do not know which way is north, south, east, or west?

3. What is a fatwa?

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

5. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?

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