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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. Why is the population growing so fast in sub-Saharan Africa?
(a) Religious leaders in those areas encourage families to have more children.
(b) There are no problems with famine or lack of medical care there.
(c) There is plenty of land on which to build more homes for larger families.
(d) Having more children gives a family higher status in certain cultures.

2. Why was 1816 called "the year without a summer"?
(a) Because extensive flooding prevented farmers from being able to sow seeds or harvest crops.
(b) Because people were so depressed by the dark and cold that year.
(c) Because there was so much ash and debris in the air that sunlight could not warm Earth enough for summer.
(d) Because the Little Ice Age was beginning and it was getting colder.

3. What war does de Blij say could have been better handled if U.S. leaders had had a better grasp of geography?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War I.

4. What issue has caused conflicts along the border between Germany and the Netherlands?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Mining rights.
(c) Human rights.
(d) Water rights.

5. In addition to population, what else does de Blij say will increase in the next century?
(a) Tax rates.
(b) Infant mortality rates.
(c) The proportion of young people compared to old people.
(d) Education levels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

2. Where would you expect to find the highest infant mortality rates?

3. What do geographers mean when they use the abbreviation "B.P."?

4. How do geographers look at the world, according to de Blij?

5. How did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect life on Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of unusual linkages does de Blij say that geographers make?

2. What caused the "year without a summer"?

3. How has the job market for geographers changed in recent years, according to de Blij?

4. What empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

5. How has the Moon's position in Earth's sky changed since Earth's early years?

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

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

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

9. What did Gilbert Grosvenor do to revitalize the practice of geography? Did it work?

10. Why does de Blij say that in 1995 it seemed as though the world could not possibly change any faster than it was currently changing?

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