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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phase of Earth's geologic history are we in today?
(a) The Archean.
(b) The Pleistocene.
(c) The Eocene.
(d) The Hadean.

2. How is topography shown in United States Geological Survey maps?
(a) With a series of concentric circles.
(b) With contour lines.
(c) With longitude and latitude lines.
(d) With a compass rose.

3. How did colonial powers in Europe divide up the territory in Africa?
(a) They negotiated peacefully.
(b) They fought wars.
(c) They bought the land from indigenous groups.
(d) They used economic embargoes to force Africans to agree.

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

5. What technological development revolutionized cartography?
(a) The invention of the airplane.
(b) The invention of the compass.
(c) The invention of the ruler.
(d) The invention of the printing press.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do scientists measure the movement of North America each year?

2. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?

3. Why was 1816 called "the year without a summer"?

4. What other university departments does de Blij feel should be resurrected, along with geography departments?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does humanity's history on Earth compare with the history of the entire planet?

2. Why does de Blij say that people might produce maps that are misleading?

3. Why can't Europe solve its population problem simply by increasing immigration?

4. What does de Blij mean when he says that geographers look at the world spatially?

5. Explain why Earth's continents drift. What theory explains this process?

6. Why has Earth's population increased so dramatically?

7. What does de Blij fear might happen before Earth reaches its natural population limit?

8. What empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

9. How widespread is the practice of cartography across cultures?

10. Why is it a problem for Europe's population to decline?

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