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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 other world does geography traditionally deal with, in addition to the human world?
(a) The astronomical world.
(b) The natural world.
(c) The cultural world.
(d) The philosophical world.

2. What human event coincided with the end of the Little Ice Age?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The rise of the Han Dynasty.
(d) The fall of the Roman Empire.

3. What causes the drift of Earth's continents?
(a) Ocean currents and tides.
(b) Ice Ages.
(c) Plate tectonics.
(d) The Moon's gravity.

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

5. What phase of Earth's geologic history are we in today?
(a) The Eocene.
(b) The Pleistocene.
(c) The Hadean.
(d) The Archean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what percentage of American students have studied geography in school?

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

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

5. As the world's population increases, where does de Blij say the increase in population will go to live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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