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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does de Blij feel that it is appropriate to end Why Geography Matters with a chapter on Africa?
(a) Because the world owes a debt to Africa from the time of the slave trade.
(b) Because African countries are becoming important economic powers.
(c) Because humanity first evolved in Africa.
(d) Because sub-Saharan Africa has been so geographically isolated.

2. Why do many people argue that it is pointless to send foreign aid to Africa?
(a) Because Africa is too far away to affect the U.S.
(b) Because African governments are so corrupt.
(c) Because Africans do not need help from anyone.
(d) Because Africa's problems are too big for the U.S. to help with.

3. When did the Qing Dynasty collapse?
(a) In 1610.
(b) In 1911.
(c) In 2000.
(d) In 820.

4. What organization binds the United States and Europe together?
(a) The European Community.
(b) The European Economic Community.
(c) The North American Free Trade Agreement.
(d) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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

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

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

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

9. What disease is currently at epidemic levels in sub-Saharan Africa?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Yellow fever.

10. From which direction are terrorists most likely to enter the U.S., according to de Blij?
(a) The west.
(b) The south.
(c) The north.
(d) The east.

11. What geographic challenges does Russia have?
(a) It is landlocked and lies in high latitudes.
(b) Its territory is very small and cramped.
(c) It has frequent mudslides and earthquakes.
(d) It has very few natural resources.

12. In which of the following nations is terrorism likely to thrive, according to de Blij?
(a) Somalia and Eritrea.
(b) China and India.
(c) Guatemala and Nicaragua.
(d) Spain and Portugal.

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

14. What does de Blij think may eventually happen to the European Union?
(a) It may collapse into disorder and economic chaos.
(b) It may become a superpower that challenges U.S. dominance.
(c) It will become overwhelmed by foreign debt and domestic taxes.
(d) It will become a hub for terrorism and will become a troubled region.

15. What was the Cultural Revolution?
(a) A grassroots movement to make China more democratic.
(b) A campaign to teach more cultural information in Chinese schools.
(c) A purge of Chinese citizens who were viewed as bourgeois.
(d) An attempt by the Chinese military to stage a coup.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were many Americans shocked when Nixon went to China?

2. What is a fatwa?

3. How does the Chechen independence movement affect Groznyy?

4. What treaty, signed by Italy, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg in 1957, created the European Economic Community?

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

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