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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far did the Muslim world once reach?
(a) From Spain to western China.
(b) From Palestine to India.
(c) From Turkey to Kazakhstan.
(d) From Saudia Arabia to Iran.

2. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?
(a) USGS location.
(b) Relative location.
(c) Prime meridian location.
(d) Absolute location.

3. Which of the following statements is the best description of Earth's geologic history?
(a) Earth used to have a cold climate and has gotten steadily warmer.
(b) Earth used to have a tropical climate and has gotten steadily more temperate.
(c) Earth has had several Ice Ages separated by shorter warm periods.
(d) Earth is usually warm but has also had some short Ice Ages.

4. Why did the U.S. support the anti-Soviet rebels in Afghanistan?
(a) Because it supported the religious views of the Taliban.
(b) Because it did not want Afghanistan to become a Communist country.
(c) Because it was interested in drilling for oil in the Caspian Sea region.
(d) Because it hoped to set up a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.

5. What is the name of the interglacial that we are currently in?
(a) The Eemian.
(b) The Subboreal.
(c) The Atlanticum.
(d) The Holocene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does de Blij feel that Americans should care about worldwide population growth?

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

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

4. If Earth's population keeps growing at the present rate, how high will it be by the year 2035?

5. What did scientists think was happening to the climate in the 1950s, when de Blij was in graduate school?

(see the answer key)

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