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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem has historically been an issue between Canada and the United States?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Fishing rights.
(c) Acid rain.
(d) Mining.

2. Why were many Americans shocked when Nixon went to China?
(a) Because China was a dangerous place to visit.
(b) Because China had a terrible human rights record.
(c) Because China was not a Christian country.
(d) Because China was a Communist country.

3. What event contributed to the end of Mao's power in China?
(a) A tsunami.
(b) A famine.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Twin earthquakes.

4. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?
(a) USGS location.
(b) Absolute location.
(c) Prime meridian location.
(d) Relative location.

5. What life forms are threatened during Earth's Ice Ages?
(a) Only marine life.
(b) All life forms.
(c) Only plant life.
(d) Only land animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does de Blij feel that Americans are unprepared to evaluate global warming?

2. Who became the leader of China after Mao died?

3. What historical event may have given rise to the stories in many cultures of a Great Flood?

4. Which ocean does de Blij say is becoming the dominant world ocean?

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

(see the answer key)

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