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

2. How long has the European unification movement been underway?
(a) Since the break-up of the former Soviet Union.
(b) Since the League of Nations was formed.
(c) Since the end of World War I.
(d) Since the U.S. initiated the Marshall Plan in 1948.

3. What country's model should be followed by the U.S. in responding to terrorist attacks, according to de Blij?
(a) Israel.
(b) Canada.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Brazil.

4. What group provides al Qaeda with most of its soldiers?
(a) Conservative Muslim cleric-teachers.
(b) Former students of the madrassas.
(c) Disenchanted Afghan young people.
(d) Muslims who have lived in Western countries.

5. What event became known in China as the "Great Leap Forward"?
(a) Implementation of the one family, one child policy.
(b) The campaign against Confucianism.
(c) Collectivization of farms.
(d) The invasion of Tibet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rationale did Russian President Vladimir Putin give for taking away some rights and freedoms from Russians?

2. Why were many Americans shocked when Nixon went to China?

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

4. What treaty, signed by Italy, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg in 1957, created the European Economic Community?

5. Who is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does de Blij think it will be difficult to convince some Muslim leaders to take a more moderate position?

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

7. What kinds of places do terrorists thrive in?

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

9. Describe the geographic roots of sub-Saharan Africa's isolation.

10. Describe Russia's geographic advantages and disadvantages.

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