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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. How do geographers look at the world, according to de Blij?

2. Which of the following countries does de Blij think will play an important role in the new world order?

3. What other university departments does de Blij feel should be resurrected, along with geography departments?

4. Why is geography different from other disciplines, according to de Blij?

5. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does humanity's history on Earth compare with the history of the entire planet?

3. How does de Blij feel that U.S. power is changing with regard to China and India?

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

5. Why has Earth's population increased so dramatically?

6. Why should Americans care about worldwide population growth?

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

8. What is the Exclusive Economic Zone?

9. How were the locations of colony boundaries in Africa determined?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the European Union came to be formed. Be sure to include obstacles to the union in your discussion, as well as the historical background leading up to the formation of the European Union.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the conditions leading up to the Little Ice Age with conditions present in the world today. Do you think that another Little Ice Age is likely, based on the evidence presented by de Blij? If another Ice Age were to occur, what do you think would be the consequences for humanity?

Essay Topic 3

Why does geography matter? Write an essay explaining how de Blij answers this question.

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