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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 did life expectancy in Botswana fall from 60 to 39 between 1994 and 2004?
(a) Because of severe flooding and cholera.
(b) Because of drought and famine.
(c) Because of poor sanitation and hygiene.
(d) Because of the AIDS epidemic.

2. 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 Ohio River.
(c) As far south as the Gulf of Mexico.
(d) As far south as the Great Lakes.

3. What did European countries fail to consider when they colonized Africa?
(a) The distance from Europe.
(b) The size of the continent.
(c) The needs of the indigenous people.
(d) The urban populations.

4. What kind of a map did Vladimir Koppen devise?
(a) A map that showed climate regions.
(b) A map that showed lines of latitude and longitude.
(c) A map that showed the movements of glaciers.
(d) A map that showed political boundaries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country has a "one child only" policy for families?

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

3. When does de Blij say that geography began to decline in the United States?

4. Why is a compass rose more useful in the United States than in Europe?

5. How many countries are there in the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is divided by national and international borders besides what you can see on a two-dimensional map?

6. What might we learn about a country's leaders' intentions by studying its maps?

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

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

9. How do mass extinctions on Earth usually occur?

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

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