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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 long have people been making maps?

2. What two inventions have done the most to increase life expectancy?

3. Where would you expect to find the highest infant mortality rates?

4. What war does de Blij say could have been better handled if U.S. leaders had had a better grasp of geography?

5. Why does de Blij feel that Americans have an obligation to be well informed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does de Blij say that stories of the Great Flood may have started?

2. What did Gilbert Grosvenor do to revitalize the practice of geography? Did it work?

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

4. What does de Blij fear might happen before Earth reaches its natural population limit?

5. What is the Exclusive Economic Zone?

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

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

8. How do scientists think that Earth might have acquired its oceans?

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

10. Why does de Blij say that in 1995 it seemed as though the world could not possibly change any faster than it was currently changing?

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

How does population growth vary from one country to another around the globe? In broad strokes, sketch out the differences in population growth between regions.

Essay Topic 3

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

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