Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Harm de Blij
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Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Harm de Blij
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following factors has the greatest effect on population growth?
(a) Government policies.
(b) The status of women.
(c) Climate.
(d) Religious faith.

2. What other world does geography traditionally deal with, in addition to the human world?
(a) The cultural world.
(b) The philosophical world.
(c) The astronomical world.
(d) The natural world.

3. How did the volcano explosion in Sumatra affect life on Earth?
(a) It caused an evolutionary bottleneck in which much genetic diversity was lost.
(b) It caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
(c) It caused an incredible explosion of genetic diversity, producing many new species.
(d) It was connected with the beginning of the evolution of modern humans.

4. What two inventions have done the most to increase life expectancy?
(a) Effective soap and the flushing toilet.
(b) The stethoscope and the hypodermic needle.
(c) The electrocardiogram and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine.
(d) Electricity and electric lights.

5. What was Earth like during its first 800 million years?
(a) Earth had a temperate climate.
(b) Earth had warm and cool regions.
(c) Earth was covered in ice.
(d) Earth was very hot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does de Blij feel that Americans are unprepared to evaluate global warming?

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

3. What were climatic conditions like during the Postglacial Optimum?

4. What phase of Earth's geologic history are we in today?

5. How many mass extinctions have occurred during Earth's history?

(see the answer key)

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