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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other university departments does de Blij feel should be resurrected, along with geography departments?
(a) Interdisciplinary studies departments.
(b) History departments.
(c) Departments of regional studies.
(d) Sociology departments.

2. What two countries were mixed up by President Nixon's staff?
(a) The Congo and Cuba.
(b) Mauritania and Mauritius.
(c) Brazil and Bolivia.
(d) India and Indonesia.

3. Why does de Blij feel that Americans are unprepared to evaluate global warming?
(a) Because they do not take classes in geography.
(b) Because they do not understand geologic history.
(c) Because they do not know enough about science.
(d) Because they do not pay attention to current events.

4. Why does de Blij feel that Americans have an obligation to be well informed?
(a) Because it is important to be a good citizen.
(b) Because part of being well educated is understanding geography.
(c) Because Americans have economic ties to many other countries.
(d) Because the decisions made by Americans affect the entire planet.

5. How long have people been making maps?
(a) At least 500 years.
(b) At least 5,000 years.
(c) At least 100 years.
(d) At least 1,000 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do geographers analyze using the gravity model?

2. What war does de Blij say could have been better handled if U.S. leaders had had a better grasp of geography?

3. What is the name of the interglacial that we are currently in?

4. What did Gilbert Grosvenor , the grandson of the National Geographic Society's 1950 president, do to improve geographic literacy in the United States?

5. What job does de Blij say should not have been eliminated by government budget cuts?

(see the answer key)

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