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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What war does de Blij say could have been better handled if U.S. leaders had had a better grasp of geography?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

2. How is topography shown in United States Geological Survey maps?
(a) With a compass rose.
(b) With a series of concentric circles.
(c) With contour lines.
(d) With longitude and latitude lines.

3. What job does de Blij say should not have been eliminated by government budget cuts?
(a) Ambassador to foreign countries.
(b) Congressional aide.
(c) Government cartographer.
(d) Geographic attache.

4. What event caused Earth's most recent mass extinction?
(a) A collision with a comet or asteroid.
(b) A temporary lowering in the temperature of the Sun.
(c) Mass flooding caused by global warming.
(d) The formation of the Moon.

5. What did Georgetown University decide to do in response to the geographic illiteracy of incoming students?
(a) It required all students to take four years of geography.
(b) It required all students to pass a geography test in order to graduate from Georgetown.
(c) It required all students to pass a geography test as part of the admissions process.
(d) It required all students to take a class called Map of the Modern World.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technological development revolutionized cartography?

2. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?

3. When President Ronald Reagan visited Brazil, where did he tell people he was happy to be?

4. How did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect life on Earth?

5. Why is geography different from other disciplines, according to de Blij?

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