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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are China's current territorial claims based on?
(a) The boundaries that China had at the time of the Cultural Revolution.
(b) The boundaries that China had after World War I.
(c) The boundaries that China had after World War II.
(d) The boundaries of the Qing (Machu) Dynasty.

2. How long has the European unification movement been underway?
(a) Since the U.S. initiated the Marshall Plan in 1948.
(b) Since the end of World War I.
(c) Since the League of Nations was formed.
(d) Since the break-up of the former Soviet Union.

3. What country did Afghan refugees flee to when the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Tajikistan.
(c) Turkmenistan.
(d) Kazakhstan.

4. Which of the following countries adds nine or ten million people to the world's population every year?
(a) Russia.
(b) The United States.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) China.

5. What were the first modern humans called?
(a) Homo erectus.
(b) Cro-Magnons.
(c) Neanderthals.
(d) Homo habilus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect Earth's climate?

2. How long ago did the glaciers from the last Ice Age begin to recede?

3. Why did many observers argue that Turkey should be allowed to join the European Union?

4. At what point do scientists predict that Earth's population will level off and stop increasing?

5. What does a geostationary satellite do?

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