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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Afghanistan like today?
(a) It has a thriving agriculturally-based economy.
(b) It is a modern Islamic country.
(c) It has become a satellite of Communist Russia.
(d) It lacks most modern amenities.

2. What life forms are threatened during Earth's Ice Ages?
(a) Only land animals.
(b) All life forms.
(c) Only plant life.
(d) Only marine life.

3. What tool does de Blij say that no household should ever be without?
(a) A ruler.
(b) An atlas.
(c) A globe.
(d) A computer.

4. How did the Little Ice Age affect Europe?
(a) It strengthened empires.
(b) It caused the fall of the Minoan civilization.
(c) It caused famines.
(d) It produced a golden age.

5. Which of the following is one of the characteristics of a nation-state?
(a) A territory that exists within boundaries that can be drawn on a map.
(b) A territory that is governed by several allied governments.
(c) A people who wander from place to place as nomads.
(d) A people who speak the same language but live in different countries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the population growing so fast in sub-Saharan Africa?

2. Which of the following factors has the greatest effect on population growth?

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

4. When did China first begin to feel the impact of the Little Ice Age?

5. Which of the following maps can you derive the most accurate estimates of distances from?

(see the answer key)

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