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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country's model should be followed by the U.S. in responding to terrorist attacks, according to de Blij?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Canada.
(d) Israel.

2. What three groups fought over China in the early 20th century?
(a) Northerners, Southerners, and guerilla revolutionaries.
(b) Corporations, human rights agencies, and the United Nations.
(c) Mongols, Koreans, and the Vietnamese.
(d) Nationalists, Communists, and the Japanese.

3. Why did the battle for Chechen independence become an Islamic terrorist movement?
(a) The Chechens recruit leaders from Muslim countries.
(b) Chechens began getting funding from Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
(c) Chechnya is the location of an important Muslim holy place.
(d) Many Chechens converted to Islam after the Soviet Union collapsed.

4. What methods did European powers use to subjugate Africa?
(a) Fear, intimidation, and violence.
(b) Incentives and rewards.
(c) Foreign aid, food, and public education.
(d) Inspiration and role-modeling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Cultural Revolution?

2. Why do many people argue that it is pointless to send foreign aid to Africa?

3. Why should Americans take a special interest in Africa?

4. What is a fatwa?

5. What was the Marshall Plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the geographic roots of sub-Saharan Africa's isolation.

2. How does de Blij think that the United States could avoid another Cold War?

3. Describe Russia's geographic advantages and disadvantages.

4. Where do terrorist groups get money to carry out their training, preparations and attacks?

5. How does the population distribution of Europe differ from that of the United States?

6. Why does de Blij say that Chinese nationalists see the U.S. as arrogant?

7. How does the physical geography of Afghanistan make it the perfect place for a terrorist base?

8. Why does de Blij quote Napoleon's remark that China was a sleeping giant and that whoever woke it up would regret it?

9. How did European actions produce havoc in Africa?

10. What long-standing dispute does Russia have with Japan?

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