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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following revolutions occurred during the time period in which the nation-state was becoming popular?
(a) The Technological Revolution.
(b) The Cultural Revolution.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The Russian Revolution.

2. Why was 1816 called "the year without a summer"?
(a) Because people were so depressed by the dark and cold that year.
(b) Because extensive flooding prevented farmers from being able to sow seeds or harvest crops.
(c) Because the Little Ice Age was beginning and it was getting colder.
(d) Because there was so much ash and debris in the air that sunlight could not warm Earth enough for summer.

3. Which of the following cities is a popular haven for terrorists?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Cairo.

4. What river does de Blij refer to as the "Mississippi of West Africa"?
(a) The Zambezi.
(b) The Niger.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The Limpopo.

5. What job does de Blij say should not have been eliminated by government budget cuts?
(a) Congressional aide.
(b) Government cartographer.
(c) Ambassador to foreign countries.
(d) Geographic attache.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What treaty, signed by Italy, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg in 1957, created the European Economic Community?

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

4. What is a madrassas?

5. Which of the following countries adds nine or ten million people to the world's population every year?

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