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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are China's current territorial claims based on?
(a) The boundaries that China had at the time of the Cultural Revolution.
(b) The boundaries that China had after World War II.
(c) The boundaries that China had after World War I.
(d) The boundaries of the Qing (Machu) Dynasty.

3. What American President went to China in 1971 and met Chairman Mao?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) Walter Mondale.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Richard Nixon.

4. Why does de Blij feel that Americans should care about worldwide population growth?
(a) It will cause higher pollution levels that will affect the entire globe.
(b) It will cause Americans to have to provide more foreign aid.
(c) It will cause people in other countries to resent the United States.
(d) It will cause other countries to use more of Earth's resources.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease is currently at epidemic levels in sub-Saharan Africa?

2. What event became known in China as the "Great Leap Forward"?

3. Which ocean does de Blij say is becoming the dominant world ocean?

4. How will Earth's population in the year 2015 compare with Earth's population in "the year without a summer"?

5. How many countries are there in the world?

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