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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what percentage of American students have studied geography in school?
(a) Less than 30 percent.
(b) Less than 50 percent.
(c) Less than 10 percent.
(d) Less than five percent.

2. At what point do scientists predict that Earth's population will level off and stop increasing?
(a) When it reaches 100 billion.
(b) When it reaches one billion.
(c) When it reaches eight billion.
(d) When it reaches ten billion.

3. Why does de Blij feel that American students need to study geography?
(a) To receive a well-rounded education.
(b) To better understand history.
(c) To better understand plate tectonics.
(d) To protect national security.

4. What two countries were mixed up by President Nixon's staff?
(a) Mauritania and Mauritius.
(b) The Congo and Cuba.
(c) India and Indonesia.
(d) Brazil and Bolivia.

5. When did the nation-state emerge in Europe?
(a) Between 1450 and 1550.
(b) Between 1250 and 1450.
(c) Between 1650 and 1850.
(d) Between 1850 and 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group provides al Qaeda with most of its soldiers?

2. Why was Turkey's application to the European Union viewed as controversial?

3. What does de Blij say is the difference between terrorist acts committed by the Corsicans, the Basques, the Tamils, and the Chechens, and terrorist acts committed by al Qaeda?

4. What methods did European powers use to subjugate Africa?

5. What do geographers mean when they use the abbreviation "B.P."?

(see the answer key)

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