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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Harvard University offered a geography class to its students?
(a) More than 10 years.
(b) More than 100 years.
(c) More than 20 years.
(d) More than 50 years.

2. How did Dr. John Snow use maps to save lives in London during the 19th century?
(a) He used them to plot new cases of cholera.
(b) He used them to plot the locations of attacks during a crime wave.
(c) He used them to teach firefighters to find their way around London.
(d) He used them to decide where to put streetlights.

3. How many countries are there in the world?
(a) Nearly 200.
(b) Nearly 300.
(c) Nearly 400.
(d) Nearly 100.

4. When did the coldest part of the Little Ice Age occur?
(a) Between 1675 and 1735.
(b) Between 1610 and 1650.
(c) Between 1580 and 1610.
(d) Between 1750 and 1800.

5. Which of the following maps can you derive the most accurate estimates of distances from?
(a) A map of the world.
(b) A map of a city block.
(c) A map of a city.
(d) A map of the United States.

6. What event caused Earth's most recent mass extinction?
(a) Mass flooding caused by global warming.
(b) The formation of the Moon.
(c) A collision with a comet or asteroid.
(d) A temporary lowering in the temperature of the Sun.

7. How did the Little Ice Age affect Europe?
(a) It produced a golden age.
(b) It caused famines.
(c) It strengthened empires.
(d) It caused the fall of the Minoan civilization.

8. What do geographers analyze using the gravity model?
(a) The history of Earth.
(b) Plate tectonics.
(c) Interaction between cities.
(d) Current events.

9. Which of the following statements is the best description of Earth's geologic history?
(a) Earth used to have a tropical climate and has gotten steadily more temperate.
(b) Earth is usually warm but has also had some short Ice Ages.
(c) Earth has had several Ice Ages separated by shorter warm periods.
(d) Earth used to have a cold climate and has gotten steadily warmer.

10. How did Earth's Moon form?
(a) A planet-sized object collided with the newly formed Earth.
(b) A passing comet began orbiting Earth.
(c) A large section of Earth split off to become the Moon.
(d) An asteroid orbiting the Sun came too close to Earth.

11. What human event coincided with the end of the Little Ice Age?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The fall of the Roman Empire.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The rise of the Han Dynasty.

12. What cultural group eventually introduced the bubonic plague to Europe?
(a) Mongol caravans traveling west.
(b) Indonesians fleeing volcanic eruptions.
(c) African slaves being sold in European markets.
(d) European merchants traveling to China.

13. What problem has historically been an issue between Canada and the United States?
(a) Fishing rights.
(b) Mining.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Acid rain.

14. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?
(a) USGS location.
(b) Prime meridian location.
(c) Absolute location.
(d) Relative location.

15. What issue has caused conflicts along the border between Germany and the Netherlands?
(a) Human rights.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Water rights.
(d) Mining rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does de Blij say that geography began to decline in the United States?

2. How long ago did the most recent global warming trend start?

3. Where would you expect to find the highest infant mortality rates?

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

5. What job does de Blij say should not have been eliminated by government budget cuts?

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