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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. Why is sub-Saharan Africa so isolated?
(a) The Sahara makes it hard to travel between north and south Africa.
(b) North African countries used to boycott South Africa becauseof apartheid.
(c) Sub-Saharan Africa has very extreme weather, with frequent storms.
(d) The people of the north and south have different religious faiths.

2. Who became the leader of China after Mao died?
(a) Zhou Enlai.
(b) Lin Sen.
(c) Hua Guofeng.
(d) Deng Xiaoping.

3. What is the easiest way to trace how terrorist groups get funded?
(a) Follow the trail of bank transactions and internet contacts.
(b) Listen in on international phone calls.
(c) Send marked American dollars to a terrorist group.
(d) Have agents infiltrate terrorist cells.

4. How have Chinese nationalists reacted to American foreign policy decisions?
(a) With terrorism.
(b) With approval.
(c) With economic warfare.
(d) With anti-Americanism.

5. What is the name for the area in which the cities of Ramadi, Tikrit, Baghdad, and Fallujah lie?
(a) The Kurdish Triangle.
(b) The Sunni Triangle.
(c) The Hussein Triangle.
(d) The Shi'ite Triangle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Russia's population declining?

2. How does the Chechen independence movement affect Groznyy?

3. Which of the following cities is a popular haven for terrorists?

4. How does Europe's population compare with the population of the United States?

5. What happened in Russia in the year 2000 that de Blij says was previously unimaginable?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems did the Bolsheviks inherit from the czarist government in Russia?

2. Who is Usama (or Osama) bin Laden?

3. Why does it surprise so many people that European countries have managed to join together to form the European Union?

4. Describe Russia's geographic advantages and disadvantages.

5. What advantages does Russia have in today's world?

6. How does the physical geography of Afghanistan make it the perfect place for a terrorist base?

7. What kinds of places do terrorists thrive in?

8. Describe China's Cultural Revolution.

9. Why does de Blij quote Napoleon's remark that China was a sleeping giant and that whoever woke it up would regret it?

10. Why is Europe's low population growth, and zero population growth in some areas, troubling to world leaders?

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