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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem resulted from the drawing of political boundaries in Africa by European powers?
(a) Food distribution problems.
(b) Droughts and epidemics.
(c) Cultural and ethnic clashes.
(d) The rise of dictatorships.

2. When did the world's population begin to rise dramatically?
(a) After World War II.
(b) After the French Revolution.
(c) After the Industrial Revolution.
(d) After the Civil War.

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

4. What historical event may have given rise to the stories in many cultures of a Great Flood?
(a) The Postglacial Optimum.
(b) The flooding of the Black Sea area.
(c) The Medieval Optimum.
(d) Seismic waves after the eruption of Thira.

5. Why is geography different from other disciplines, according to de Blij?
(a) It is constantly changing.
(b) It covers science and technology.
(c) It is always in the news.
(d) It makes unexpected links between topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the United States been so slow to convert maps to the metric system?

2. What technological development revolutionized cartography?

3. How is topography shown in United States Geological Survey maps?

4. Why did the battle for Chechen independence become an Islamic terrorist movement?

5. What other country supported the mujahideen in Afghanistan?

(see the answer key)

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