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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 did European countries fail to consider when they colonized Africa?
(a) The distance from Europe.
(b) The size of the continent.
(c) The urban populations.
(d) The needs of the indigenous people.

2. How did Earth's Moon form?
(a) A planet-sized object collided with the newly formed Earth.
(b) A large section of Earth split off to become the Moon.
(c) A passing comet began orbiting Earth.
(d) An asteroid orbiting the Sun came too close to Earth.

3. What historical event may have given rise to the stories in many cultures of a Great Flood?
(a) Seismic waves after the eruption of Thira.
(b) The Postglacial Optimum.
(c) The Medieval Optimum.
(d) The flooding of the Black Sea area.

4. As the world's population increases, where does de Blij say the increase in population will go to live?
(a) To more temperate regions.
(b) To urban areas.
(c) To undeveloped countries.
(d) To developed countries.

5. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?
(a) USGS location.
(b) Absolute location.
(c) Prime meridian location.
(d) Relative location.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What profession does de Blij say should include training in cartography?

3. How did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect life on Earth?

4. Why is the population growing so fast in sub-Saharan Africa?

5. What two inventions have done the most to increase life expectancy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

8. How is measuring distances on a globe different from measuring distances on a map?

9. Why should Americans care about worldwide population growth?

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

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