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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is topography shown in United States Geological Survey maps?
(a) With contour lines.
(b) With a series of concentric circles.
(c) With a compass rose.
(d) With longitude and latitude lines.

2. Where does de Blij hope that a new, more liberal form of Islam will emerge?
(a) In Africa.
(b) In the Middle East.
(c) In the Pacific Rim.
(d) In Europe.

3. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?
(a) Mexico.
(b) China.
(c) Botswana.
(d) Iraq.

4. Why does de Blij feel that American students need to study geography?
(a) To protect national security.
(b) To better understand plate tectonics.
(c) To better understand history.
(d) To receive a well-rounded education.

5. What continent will decline in population by 2050, according to the United Nations?
(a) Europe.
(b) North America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did Afghan refugees flee to when the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan?

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

3. Which of the following cities is a popular haven for terrorists?

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

5. What did H.J. Mackinder argue in what de Blij calls the "most often cited article in geography"?

(see the answer key)

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