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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 many mass extinctions have occurred during Earth's history?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) None.

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

3. Which ocean does de Blij say is becoming the dominant world ocean?
(a) The Pacific Ocean.
(b) The Indian Ocean.
(c) The Arctic Ocean.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

4. How many countries are there in the world?
(a) Nearly 300.
(b) Nearly 200.
(c) Nearly 400.
(d) Nearly 100.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do geographers analyze using the gravity model?

2. What problem resulted from the drawing of political boundaries in Africa by European powers?

3. Who would be most likely to use a large scale map?

4. What kind of a map did Vladimir Koppen devise?

5. Which of the following maps can you derive the most accurate estimates of distances from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do mass extinctions on Earth usually occur?

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

3. What empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

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

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

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

7. What is the Exclusive Economic Zone?

8. What caused the "year without a summer"?

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

10. What was the world like when the nation-state was emerging?

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