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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 Russia's population declining?
(a) Social dislocation.
(b) Epidemic diseases.
(c) Famine.
(d) War.

2. What other country supported the mujahideen in Afghanistan?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Bangladesh.
(c) China.
(d) India.

3. Why do the Chechens feel particularly strong about pursuing their independence?
(a) Chechens were inspired by the independence gained by neighboring countries.
(b) Stalin forced all the Chechens to travel to Siberia during World War II.
(c) Natural resources in Chechnya could more easily be developed after independence.
(d) Russia's government is too corrupt for most Chechens.

4. What is a fatwa?
(a) An extremist Islamic school.
(b) A religious pilgrimmage.
(c) A proclamation dictating how Muslims should live.
(d) A holy war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do many people argue that it is pointless to send foreign aid to Africa?

2. Why should Americans take a special interest in Africa?

3. What event contributed to the end of Mao's power in China?

4. What country did Afghan refugees flee to when the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan?

5. What was the USSR?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of places do terrorists thrive in?

2. How does the population distribution of Europe differ from that of the United States?

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

4. How does de Blij think that the United States could avoid another Cold War?

5. Describe China's Cultural Revolution.

6. What long-standing dispute does Russia have with Japan?

7. How did European actions produce havoc in Africa?

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

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 did the U.S. invade Iraq, even though Iraq was not connected with the 9/11 attacks?

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