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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a geostationary satellite do?
(a) It sends data to GPS devices in cars.
(b) It produces maps of changing weather conditions.
(c) It can discern features of tiny objects on Earth's surface.
(d) It remains stationary over a particular point on Earth's surface.

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

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

4. What were climatic conditions like during the Postglacial Optimum?
(a) Much colder than they are today.
(b) Similar to today.
(c) Much warmer than they are today.
(d) An Ice Age was going on at the time.

5. Which of the following countries has borders that are in dispute?
(a) The United States.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Earth's Moon form?

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

3. How did the Little Ice Age affect Europe?

4. Where would you expect to find the highest infant mortality rates?

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

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