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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many mass extinctions have occurred during Earth's history?
(a) One.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

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

3. What reason did Iraq give for invading Kuwait just before the first Gulf War?
(a) Iraq claimed that Kuwait was invading Iraqi airspace.
(b) Iraq claimed that Kuwait had invaded Iraq.
(c) Iraq claimed that Kuwait was diverting Iraq's water supply.
(d) Iraq claimed Kuwait was drilling into Iraq's underground oil reservoirs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of map does not distort reality?

2. What were the first modern humans called?

3. How long ago did the most recent global warming trend start?

4. When were the boundaries of nation-states in Africa drawn?

5. How did the Little Ice Age affect Europe?

(see the answer key)

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