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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 does de Blij call global warming a misnomer?
(a) Because Earth has been steadily cooling off since the Hadean period.
(b) Because warming will probably be regional, not global.
(c) Because the globe will probably cool down, not warm up.
(d) Because global warming occurs throughout Earth's history.

2. When did the world's population begin to rise dramatically?
(a) After the French Revolution.
(b) After the Civil War.
(c) After World War II.
(d) After the Industrial Revolution.

3. How long ago did the glaciers from the last Ice Age begin to recede?
(a) The glaciers began to recede 2 billion years ago.
(b) The glaciers began to recede 100 years ago.
(c) The glaciers began to recede 10 million years ago.
(d) The glaciers began to recede 18,000 years ago.

4. How far south did North American glaciers reach during the last Ice Age?
(a) As far south as the Equator.
(b) As far south as the Gulf of Mexico.
(c) As far south as the Ohio River.
(d) As far south as the Great Lakes.

5. When did the coldest part of the Little Ice Age occur?
(a) Between 1610 and 1650.
(b) Between 1675 and 1735.
(c) Between 1750 and 1800.
(d) Between 1580 and 1610.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a geostationary satellite do?

2. About what percentage of American students have studied geography in school?

3. Which of the following statements is the best description of Earth's geologic history?

4. What did scientists think was happening to the climate in the 1950s, when de Blij was in graduate school?

5. What population problem is facing European countries?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do mass extinctions on Earth usually occur?

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

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

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

5. What empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

6. Explain what the climate has been like during Earth's current geologic period, the Pleistocene.

7. 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?

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

9. How were the locations of colony boundaries in Africa determined?

10. What is the Exclusive Economic Zone?

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