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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had to happen before Earth's land masses could form?
(a) The oceans had to form.
(b) Earth's crust had to begin to cool into rock.
(c) Life had to begin to evolve.
(d) The Moon had to begin orbiting Earth.

2. Why did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect Earth's climate?
(a) It shifted one of the plates in Earth's crust.
(b) It caused a tsunami.
(c) It sent millions of tons of ash and debris into the atmosphere.
(d) It heated Earth's atmosphere.

3. 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) World War I.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War II.

4. How did Earth's Moon form?
(a) A large section of Earth split off to become the Moon.
(b) A planet-sized object collided with the newly formed Earth.
(c) An asteroid orbiting the Sun came too close to Earth.
(d) A passing comet began orbiting Earth.

5. Who formulated a grid that is still used to make map projections of the world?
(a) Battista Agnese.
(b) Ferdinand Magellan.
(c) Gerardus Mercator.
(d) Captain Cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of map does not distort reality?

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

3. How far south did North American glaciers reach during the last Ice Age?

4. How do scientists measure the movement of North America each year?

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

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