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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to population, what else does de Blij say will increase in the next century?
(a) Tax rates.
(b) Education levels.
(c) Infant mortality rates.
(d) The proportion of young people compared to old people.

2. What human event coincided with the end of the Little Ice Age?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The fall of the Roman Empire.
(c) The rise of the Han Dynasty.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

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

4. Why has the United States been so slow to convert maps to the metric system?
(a) U.S. geographers are not accustomed to the metric system and prefer not to use it.
(b) Geographers prefer not to use the metric system in maps until it is used for other things too.
(c) The Ordinance of 1785 required land to be laid out in township squares measured in feet.
(d) The metric system is not as efficient for mapmaking as the English system of measurement.

5. Where would you expect to find the highest infant mortality rates?
(a) In the United States.
(b) In Japan.
(c) In Sweden.
(d) In Angola.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had to happen before Earth's land masses could form?

2. How long have people been making maps?

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

4. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?

5. Which of the following factors has the greatest effect on population growth?

(see the answer key)

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