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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country did Afghan refugees flee to when the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan?
(a) Tajikistan.
(b) Kazakhstan.
(c) Turkmenistan.
(d) Pakistan.

2. Who became the leader of China after Mao died?
(a) Deng Xiaoping.
(b) Hua Guofeng.
(c) Lin Sen.
(d) Zhou Enlai.

3. How does the Chechen independence movement affect Groznyy?
(a) Groznyy is bombed into a shell of a city.
(b) Groznyy is devastated by fighting.
(c) Much of Groznyy's population emigrates to Russia.
(d) Groznyy's unemployment rate skyrockets.

4. 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 is based in just one country.
(b) Al Qaeda seems to have no clear objective for its violence.
(c) Al Qaeda uses different methods, such as bombs.
(d) Al Qaeda does not target civilians or noncombatants.

5. What is the name for the area in which the cities of Ramadi, Tikrit, Baghdad, and Fallujah lie?
(a) The Hussein Triangle.
(b) The Kurdish Triangle.
(c) The Shi'ite Triangle.
(d) The Sunni Triangle.

6. How did China change after Mao's death?
(a) It became much more isolated.
(b) It began to have a more market-driven economy.
(c) It turned to a more agriculturally-based economy.
(d) It stopped being Communist.

7. Which part of Africa has been Islamic since the 7th century?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Central Africa.
(c) West Africa.
(d) North Africa.

8. According to de Blij, what is geographically contentious about Europe?
(a) Its shared currency.
(b) Its cultural rivalries.
(c) Its eastern border.
(d) Its offshore mineral rights.

9. What American President went to China in 1971 and met Chairman Mao?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Walter Mondale.
(d) Richard Nixon.

10. How did the slave trade between 1700 and 1810 affect Africa?
(a) Europeans brought diseases to Africa that killed off even more people.
(b) The slave trade brought Africa into the global economy.
(c) The social order collapsed because one sixth of the population was gone.
(d) African governments became much more corrupt.

11. Why is sub-Saharan Africa so isolated?
(a) Sub-Saharan Africa has very extreme weather, with frequent storms.
(b) North African countries used to boycott South Africa becauseof apartheid.
(c) The people of the north and south have different religious faiths.
(d) The Sahara makes it hard to travel between north and south Africa.

12. What event contributed to the end of Mao's power in China?
(a) A famine.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Twin earthquakes.

13. Who is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
(a) The founder of Islam.
(b) A conservative, extremist Muslim theologian.
(c) The leader of the Iranian government.
(d) The leader of a terrorist movement targeting Americans.

14. How does de Blij think that the U.S. should react to terrorist attacks on airplanes?
(a) Resume normal operations as quickly as possible after an attack.
(b) Require all American passengers to carry passports with them at all times.
(c) Stop allowing people from other countries to enter the United States.
(d) Ground all planes and institute stricter security measures after each attack.

15. Why were many Americans shocked when Nixon went to China?
(a) Because China had a terrible human rights record.
(b) Because China was not a Christian country.
(c) Because China was a dangerous place to visit.
(d) Because China was a Communist country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Cultural Revolution?

2. What is the easiest way to trace how terrorist groups get funded?

3. In which of the following nations is terrorism likely to thrive, according to de Blij?

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

5. How long has the European unification movement been underway?

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