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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. Why did the U.S. support the anti-Soviet rebels in Afghanistan?

2. How does the Chechen independence movement affect Groznyy?

3. Where does de Blij hope that a new, more liberal form of Islam will emerge?

4. How long has the European unification movement been underway?

5. What event became known in China as the "Great Leap Forward"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is supranationalism? Give some examples of supranational organizations.

2. What long-standing dispute does Russia have with Japan?

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

4. Why did the U.S. invade Iraq, even though Iraq was not connected with the 9/11 attacks?

5. Describe China's Cultural Revolution.

6. What are some different definitions of terrorism?

7. Why does de Blij quote Napoleon's remark that China was a sleeping giant and that whoever woke it up would regret it?

8. What areas of the globe have become hubs for terrorist activity?

9. Why does de Blij say that Chinese nationalists see the U.S. as arrogant?

10. Describe Russia's geographic advantages and disadvantages.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why many people in the Islamic world resent the West.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the connection between climate change and the epidemic of bubonic plague that devastated Europe in the 1400s.

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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