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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has the United States been so slow to convert maps to the metric system?
(a) U.S. geographers are not accustomed to the metric system and prefer not to use it.
(b) The metric system is not as efficient for mapmaking as the English system of measurement.
(c) Geographers prefer not to use the metric system in maps until it is used for other things too.
(d) The Ordinance of 1785 required land to be laid out in township squares measured in feet.

2. Which of the following countries was never colonized by Europe?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Egypt.
(d) South Africa.

3. What two countries were mixed up by President Nixon's staff?
(a) India and Indonesia.
(b) Brazil and Bolivia.
(c) The Congo and Cuba.
(d) Mauritania and Mauritius.

4. Why does de Blij feel that Americans should care about worldwide population growth?
(a) It will cause Americans to have to provide more foreign aid.
(b) It will cause higher pollution levels that will affect the entire globe.
(c) It will cause people in other countries to resent the United States.
(d) It will cause other countries to use more of Earth's resources.

5. If Earth's population keeps growing at the present rate, how high will it be by the year 2035?
(a) Eight billion.
(b) One billion.
(c) One million.
(d) Twenty billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is geography different from other disciplines, according to de Blij?

2. Who became the leader of China after Mao died?

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

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

5. What war does de Blij say could have been better handled if U.S. leaders had had a better grasp of geography?

(see the answer key)

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