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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If Earth's population keeps growing at the present rate, how high will it be by the year 2035?
(a) One million.
(b) One billion.
(c) Eight billion.
(d) Twenty billion.

3. When did the coldest part of the Little Ice Age occur?
(a) Between 1580 and 1610.
(b) Between 1675 and 1735.
(c) Between 1750 and 1800.
(d) Between 1610 and 1650.

4. How did the Little Ice Age affect Europe?
(a) It produced a golden age.
(b) It caused the fall of the Minoan civilization.
(c) It strengthened empires.
(d) It caused famines.

5. What kind of location must be given in degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude and latitude?
(a) USGS location.
(b) Absolute location.
(c) Relative location.
(d) Prime meridian location.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two inventions have done the most to increase life expectancy?

2. What other world does geography traditionally deal with, in addition to the human world?

3. What caused the second Agricultural Revolution?

4. What event caused Earth's most recent mass extinction?

5. Which of the following maps can you derive the most accurate estimates of distances from?

(see the answer key)

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