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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has the European unification movement been underway?
(a) Since the break-up of the former Soviet Union.
(b) Since the end of World War I.
(c) Since the League of Nations was formed.
(d) Since the U.S. initiated the Marshall Plan in 1948.

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

3. Why is Russia's population declining?
(a) Famine.
(b) Social dislocation.
(c) Epidemic diseases.
(d) War.

4. How do subsidizing American farmers hurt Africans?
(a) It takes away money that would otherwise be sent to Africa.
(b) It makes it harder for African farmers to get subsidies from other countries too.
(c) It makes it impossible for African farmers to compete in the global market.
(d) It does not give African farmers an incentive to work more efficiently.

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

6. What was the Marshall Plan?
(a) A plan for Western European countries to be rebuilt with U.S. aid.
(b) A plan for defeating communism in Eastern Europe.
(c) A plan for European countries to agree never to go to war again.
(d) A plan for connecting all of Europe as one big country.

7. What group provides al Qaeda with most of its soldiers?
(a) Former students of the madrassas.
(b) Conservative Muslim cleric-teachers.
(c) Disenchanted Afghan young people.
(d) Muslims who have lived in Western countries.

8. Why did both the United States and the Soviet Union support African tyrants?
(a) Because coping with a tyrant seemed better than losing a battle in the Cold War.
(b) Because neither country wanted to share its system of government with other countries.
(c) Because both countries needed military support from African leaders.
(d) Because neither country wanted to be forced to give aid to Africa.

9. How does de Blij characterize sub-Saharan Africa?
(a) As the world's politically corrupt region.
(b) As the world's most dangerous region.
(c) As the world's neediest region.
(d) As the world's most geographically challenged region.

10. How far did the Muslim world once reach?
(a) From Saudia Arabia to Iran.
(b) From Spain to western China.
(c) From Turkey to Kazakhstan.
(d) From Palestine to India.

11. 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.

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

13. What is Russia's connection with the European Union?
(a) Russia was once, but no longer is, part of the European Union.
(b) Russia is not being considered for admission to the European Union.
(c) Russia is likely to be accepted into the European Union.
(d) Russia was invited, but has refused to join, the European Union.

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

15. What event became known in China as the "Great Leap Forward"?
(a) The invasion of Tibet.
(b) Collectivization of farms.
(c) Implementation of the one family, one child policy.
(d) The campaign against Confucianism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was King Leopold II?

3. What is the Triple Frontier?

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

5. Who is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?

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