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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What approach to foreign affairs is fostered by the decision not to teach geography in public schools?

2. Why did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect Earth's climate?

3. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?

4. What had to happen before Earth's land masses could form?

5. Which of the following European countries did NOT colonize Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Earth's continents drift. What theory explains this process?

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

3. What does de Blij mean when he says that geography is an antidote for isolationism and provincialism?

4. What was Europe's climate like just before the Little Ice Age began?

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

6. What is the Exclusive Economic Zone?

7. What does de Blij mean when he says that geographers look at the world spatially?

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

9. How do mass extinctions on Earth usually occur?

10. Why does de Blij say that people might produce maps that are misleading?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does de Blij agree with the U.S. decision to invade Iraq? Why or why not? Support your answer with evidence from Why Geography Matters.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how Europe and the United States contributed to Africa's decline in the modern age.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing Earth's geologic history. Be sure to include the formation of Earth, the formation of Earth's Moon, and periods of Ice Ages and interglacials.

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