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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 does not give African farmers an incentive to work more efficiently.
(d) It makes it impossible for African farmers to compete in the global market.

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

3. What was Russia like during the early years after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
(a) Orderly.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Unified.

4. What is the world's largest country in terms of territory?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Australia.
(c) Canada.
(d) Russia.

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

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

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

8. What is Russia's connection with the European Union?
(a) Russia was invited, but has refused to join, 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 once, but no longer is, part of the European Union.

9. Why should Americans take a special interest in Africa?
(a) Because African countries need American foreign aid.
(b) Because the United States needs immigrants from Africa.
(c) Because an African country may someday become a superpower.
(d) Because the African-American population has ancestral links to Africa.

10. What happened in Russia in the year 2000 that de Blij says was previously unimaginable?
(a) A democratic transition of power.
(b) An unusually long summer growing season.
(c) The development of a transportation infrastructure.
(d) An invasion by one of its former satellite countries.

11. What methods did European powers use to subjugate Africa?
(a) Inspiration and role-modeling.
(b) Incentives and rewards.
(c) Fear, intimidation, and violence.
(d) Foreign aid, food, and public education.

12. What factors have helped to bring about the recovery of Europe after World War II?
(a) A good position geographically and temperate weather.
(b) Cultural homogeneity and speaking a single language.
(c) Foreign aid from the United States and from the former Soviet Union.
(d) Economic improvements and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.

13. In which of the following countries are Muslims and Christians at war with each other?
(a) Sudan.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Morocco.

14. What changes does de Blij suggest show that the European Union may eventually form one nation?
(a) Military alliances and shared weapons and intelligence.
(b) Newspapers and bullet trains that link countries and share patrons.
(c) Political statements that show leaders intend to merge all of Europe's countries into one.
(d) Sharing a currency and allowing travelers to cross borders without documentation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How have Chinese nationalists reacted to American foreign policy decisions?

2. What does de Blij think may eventually happen to the European Union?

3. Which of the following locations seems like a likely target for terrorists, according to de Blij?

4. Why is sub-Saharan Africa so isolated?

5. Who was King Leopold II?

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