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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason did Iraq give for invading Kuwait just before the first Gulf War?
(a) Iraq claimed Kuwait was drilling into Iraq's underground oil reservoirs.
(b) Iraq claimed that Kuwait had invaded Iraq.
(c) Iraq claimed that Kuwait was diverting Iraq's water supply.
(d) Iraq claimed that Kuwait was invading Iraqi airspace.

2. What was Earth like during its first 800 million years?
(a) Earth had a temperate climate.
(b) Earth had warm and cool regions.
(c) Earth was covered in ice.
(d) Earth was very hot.

3. What does de Blij think may eventually happen to the European Union?
(a) It may become a superpower that challenges U.S. dominance.
(b) It will become a hub for terrorism and will become a troubled region.
(c) It will become overwhelmed by foreign debt and domestic taxes.
(d) It may collapse into disorder and economic chaos.

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

5. What do geographers analyze using the gravity model?
(a) Interaction between cities.
(b) Current events.
(c) Plate tectonics.
(d) The history of Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does de Blij hope that a new, more liberal form of Islam will emerge?

2. When does de Blij say that geography began to decline in the United States?

3. What is Afghanistan like today?

4. Why were many Americans shocked when Nixon went to China?

5. What did H.J. Mackinder argue in what de Blij calls the "most often cited article in geography"?

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