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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 did Gilbert Grosvenor , the grandson of the National Geographic Society's 1950 president, do to improve geographic literacy in the United States?
(a) He began writing books about geography for children.
(b) He raised money for geography education and testified in Congress.
(c) He founded a map publishing company.
(d) He traveled the country giving seminars in public schools.

2. What tool does de Blij say that no household should ever be without?
(a) A globe.
(b) An atlas.
(c) A computer.
(d) A ruler.

3. What does the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea do?
(a) It establishes recognized ocean borders.
(b) It establishes a procedure for tsunami notification.
(c) It establishes fishing seasons and limits.
(d) It gives biologists the right to study the ocean floor.

4. What event caused Earth's most recent mass extinction?
(a) A collision with a comet or asteroid.
(b) The formation of the Moon.
(c) Mass flooding caused by global warming.
(d) A temporary lowering in the temperature of the Sun.

5. What is the name of the interglacial that we are currently in?
(a) The Atlanticum.
(b) The Subboreal.
(c) The Holocene.
(d) The Eemian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long ago did the glaciers from the last Ice Age begin to recede?

3. Why did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect Earth's climate?

4. When did the world's population begin to rise dramatically?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between a large scale map and a small scale map?

2. What does de Blij mean when he says that geography is an antidote for isolationism and provincialism?

3. What was Europe's climate like just before the Little Ice Age began?

4. How did the global warming trend that began 18,000 years ago affect Earth?

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

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

7. What kinds of tools do geographers need to know how to use?

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

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

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

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