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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. 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 using global positioning software.
(b) He suggests drawing a map to use as a reference.
(c) He suggests giving directions based on landmarks.
(d) He suggests giving directions based on an analog clock face.

2. How did the Little Ice Age affect Europe?
(a) It produced a golden age.
(b) It caused the fall of the Minoan civilization.
(c) It caused famines.
(d) It strengthened empires.

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

4. Which of the following activities requires the skills of a geographer?
(a) Traveling to a distant place and blogging about the trip in an online journal.
(b) Tracking outbreaks of disease and predicting where diseases will spread in the future.
(c) Comparing the structures of government in two different cultures.
(d) Studying the history and current events of a particular country.

5. Which of the following empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?
(a) The Roman and Han Empires.
(b) The Empire of Alexander the Great.
(c) The Russian and French Empires.
(d) The Aztec and Mayan Empires.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the coldest part of the Little Ice Age occur?

2. In which of the following countries is the population decreasing?

3. What war does de Blij say could have been better handled if U.S. leaders had had a better grasp of geography?

4. What phase of Earth's geologic history are we in today?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why should Americans care about worldwide population growth?

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

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

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

5. Compare and contrast the populations of Europe and of sub-Saharan Africa.

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

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

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

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

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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