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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does de Blij call global warming a misnomer?
(a) Because the globe will probably cool down, not warm up.
(b) Because warming will probably be regional, not global.
(c) Because Earth has been steadily cooling off since the Hadean period.
(d) Because global warming occurs throughout Earth's history.

2. Why was 1816 called "the year without a summer"?
(a) Because the Little Ice Age was beginning and it was getting colder.
(b) Because there was so much ash and debris in the air that sunlight could not warm Earth enough for summer.
(c) Because people were so depressed by the dark and cold that year.
(d) Because extensive flooding prevented farmers from being able to sow seeds or harvest crops.

3. Which country does de Blij think that Americans should try to be particularly well-informed about?
(a) Iraq.
(b) China.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Botswana.

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

5. What did Georgetown University decide to do in response to the geographic illiteracy of incoming students?
(a) It required all students to take four years of geography.
(b) It required all students to pass a geography test in order to graduate from Georgetown.
(c) It required all students to take a class called Map of the Modern World.
(d) It required all students to pass a geography test as part of the admissions process.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What reason did Iraq give for invading Kuwait just before the first Gulf War?

3. What continent will decline in population by 2050, according to the United Nations?

4. Why were many Americans shocked when Nixon went to China?

5. Which of the following countries does de Blij think will play an important role in the new world order?

(see the answer key)

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