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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to population, what else does de Blij say will increase in the next century?
(a) Tax rates.
(b) Education levels.
(c) The proportion of young people compared to old people.
(d) Infant mortality rates.

2. What three groups fought over China in the early 20th century?
(a) Mongols, Koreans, and the Vietnamese.
(b) Corporations, human rights agencies, and the United Nations.
(c) Nationalists, Communists, and the Japanese.
(d) Northerners, Southerners, and guerilla revolutionaries.

3. Which of the following European countries did NOT colonize Africa?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Poland.
(d) Belgium.

4. As the world's population increases, where does de Blij say the increase in population will go to live?
(a) To developed countries.
(b) To more temperate regions.
(c) To urban areas.
(d) To undeveloped countries.

5. How did colonial powers in Europe divide up the territory in Africa?
(a) They negotiated peacefully.
(b) They bought the land from indigenous groups.
(c) They fought wars.
(d) They used economic embargoes to force Africans to agree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?

2. What factors have helped to bring about the recovery of Europe after World War II?

3. What was the Cultural Revolution?

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

5. When were the boundaries of nation-states in Africa drawn?

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