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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What historical event may have given rise to the stories in many cultures of a Great Flood?
(a) The flooding of the Black Sea area.
(b) The Medieval Optimum.
(c) Seismic waves after the eruption of Thira.
(d) The Postglacial Optimum.

2. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?
(a) China.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Iraq.

3. Why does de Blij call global warming a misnomer?
(a) Because global warming occurs throughout Earth's history.
(b) Because Earth has been steadily cooling off since the Hadean period.
(c) Because the globe will probably cool down, not warm up.
(d) Because warming will probably be regional, not global.

4. What tool does de Blij say that no household should ever be without?
(a) A ruler.
(b) An atlas.
(c) A computer.
(d) A globe.

5. How will Earth's population in the year 2015 compare with Earth's population in "the year without a summer"?
(a) Earth will have double the number of people in 2015 than it did then.
(b) Earth had seven times more people that year than it does now.
(c) Earth will have about the same number of people in 2015 as it did then.
(d) Earth will have seven times more people than it did then.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who formulated a grid that is still used to make map projections of the world?

2. What do geographers analyze using the gravity model?

3. When does de Blij say that geography began to decline in the United States?

4. What human event coincided with the end of the Little Ice Age?

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

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