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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. Which of the following countries adds nine or ten million people to the world's population every year?
(a) Russia.
(b) China.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) The United States.

2. How does de Blij suggest that you give directions if you do not know which way is north, south, east, or west?
(a) He suggests giving directions based on landmarks.
(b) He suggests drawing a map to use as a reference.
(c) He suggests giving directions based on an analog clock face.
(d) He suggests using global positioning software.

3. How did Dr. John Snow use maps to save lives in London during the 19th century?
(a) He used them to plot the locations of attacks during a crime wave.
(b) He used them to teach firefighters to find their way around London.
(c) He used them to plot new cases of cholera.
(d) He used them to decide where to put streetlights.

4. When does de Blij say that geography began to decline in the United States?
(a) When people began to watch television instead of reading books for entertainment.
(b) When political boundaries began to change so fast that it was hard to keep maps up-to-date.
(c) When professional educators decided to combine history, government, and geography into social studies.
(d) When Americans became less willing to travel after 9/11.

5. Which of the following statements is the best description of Earth's geologic history?
(a) Earth used to have a cold climate and has gotten steadily warmer.
(b) Earth used to have a tropical climate and has gotten steadily more temperate.
(c) Earth is usually warm but has also had some short Ice Ages.
(d) Earth has had several Ice Ages separated by shorter warm periods.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point do scientists predict that Earth's population will level off and stop increasing?

2. How far south did North American glaciers reach during the last Ice Age?

3. How many countries are there in the world?

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

5. Why did life expectancy in Botswana fall from 60 to 39 between 1994 and 2004?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does de Blij feel that U.S. power is changing with regard to China and India?

2. What was Europe like during the coldest part of the Little Ice Age?

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

4. How does de Blij say that stories of the Great Flood may have started?

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

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

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

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

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

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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