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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. Which of the following factors has the greatest effect on population growth?

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

3. What does a geostationary satellite do?

4. How will Earth's population in the year 2015 compare with Earth's population in "the year without a summer"?

5. About what percentage of American students have studied geography in school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it a problem for Europe's population to decline?

3. What kinds of unusual linkages does de Blij say that geographers make?

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

5. How do mass extinctions on Earth usually occur?

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

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

8. What is the Exclusive Economic Zone?

9. What empires thrived during the Medieval Optimum?

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

Why does de Blij feel that Russia should not be considered part of Europe? Support your answer with evidence from Why Geography Matters.

Essay Topic 3

What lessons does de Blij think that we can learn from the U.S. war with Iraq?

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