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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 revolutions occurred during the time period in which the nation-state was becoming popular?
(a) The Technological Revolution.
(b) The Cultural Revolution.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The Russian Revolution.

2. Which of the following maps can you derive the most accurate estimates of distances from?
(a) A map of the United States.
(b) A map of a city.
(c) A map of a city block.
(d) A map of the world.

3. 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) Comparing the structures of government in two different cultures.
(c) Tracking outbreaks of disease and predicting where diseases will spread in the future.
(d) Studying the history and current events of a particular country.

4. Why is geography different from other disciplines, according to de Blij?
(a) It is constantly changing.
(b) It is always in the news.
(c) It makes unexpected links between topics.
(d) It covers science and technology.

5. Why does de Blij feel that Americans are unprepared to evaluate global warming?
(a) Because they do not take classes in geography.
(b) Because they do not understand geologic history.
(c) Because they do not know enough about science.
(d) Because they do not pay attention to current events.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does de Blij feel that American students need to study geography?

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

3. Which of the following is one of the characteristics of a nation-state?

4. When were the boundaries of nation-states in Africa drawn?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do mass extinctions on Earth usually occur?

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

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

6. How did political maps change during the age of colonialism?

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

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

9. How do scientists think that Earth might have acquired its oceans?

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

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