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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did scientists think was happening to the climate in the 1950s, when de Blij was in graduate school?
(a) No change in climate.
(b) Global upheaval.
(c) Global cooling.
(d) Global warming.

3. What does de Blij say is the difference between terrorist acts committed by the Corsicans, the Basques, the Tamils, and the Chechens, and terrorist acts committed by al Qaeda?
(a) Al Qaeda does not target civilians or noncombatants.
(b) Al Qaeda is based in just one country.
(c) Al Qaeda seems to have no clear objective for its violence.
(d) Al Qaeda uses different methods, such as bombs.

4. What is the biggest problem facing relief agencies trying to provide food for famine victims?
(a) Problems with food distribution.
(b) Lack of money to pay for food.
(c) Continuing drought.
(d) Lack of fertilizer and insecticide for crops.

5. What did H.J. Mackinder argue in what de Blij calls the "most often cited article in geography"?
(a) That the next superpower would have nuclear weapons.
(b) That the next superpower would be a Eurasian land-based country.
(c) That the next superpower would be the United States.
(d) That the next superpower would be from east Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does de Blij feel that it is appropriate to end Why Geography Matters with a chapter on Africa?

2. What two countries were mixed up by President Nixon's staff?

3. What was the Cultural Revolution?

4. In which of the following countries are Muslims and Christians at war with each other?

5. What rationale did Russian President Vladimir Putin give for taking away some rights and freedoms from Russians?

(see the answer key)

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