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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what percentage of American students have studied geography in school?
(a) Less than 50 percent.
(b) Less than 30 percent.
(c) Less than 10 percent.
(d) Less than five percent.

2. When does de Blij say that geography began to decline in the United States?
(a) When professional educators decided to combine history, government, and geography into social studies.
(b) When political boundaries began to change so fast that it was hard to keep maps up-to-date.
(c) When Americans became less willing to travel after 9/11.
(d) When people began to watch television instead of reading books for entertainment.

3. How did Dr. John Snow use maps to save lives in London during the 19th century?
(a) He used them to plot the locations of attacks during a crime wave.
(b) He used them to plot new cases of cholera.
(c) He used them to teach firefighters to find their way around London.
(d) He used them to decide where to put streetlights.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect Earth's climate?

2. How is topography shown in United States Geological Survey maps?

3. Why has the United States been so slow to convert maps to the metric system?

4. Who would be most likely to use a large scale map?

5. Why does de Blij feel that American students need to study geography?

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