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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technological development revolutionized cartography?

3. What issue has caused conflicts along the border between Germany and the Netherlands?

4. Why does de Blij call global warming a misnomer?

5. Who would be most likely to use a large scale map?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does humanity's history on Earth compare with the history of the entire planet?

2. What is the Exclusive Economic Zone?

3. What does de Blij fear might happen before Earth reaches its natural population limit?

4. Why does de Blij say that in 1995 it seemed as though the world could not possibly change any faster than it was currently changing?

5. Why can't Europe solve its population problem simply by increasing immigration?

6. What does de Blij mean when he says that geographers look at the world spatially?

7. What did Gilbert Grosvenor do to revitalize the practice of geography? Did it work?

8. What was Europe's climate like just before the Little Ice Age began?

9. Compare and contrast the populations of Europe and of sub-Saharan Africa.

10. How widespread is the practice of cartography across cultures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the connection between climate change and the epidemic of bubonic plague that devastated Europe in the 1400s.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing Earth's geologic history. Be sure to include the formation of Earth, the formation of Earth's Moon, and periods of Ice Ages and interglacials.

Essay Topic 3

Does de Blij agree with the U.S. decision to invade Iraq? Why or why not? Support your answer with evidence from Why Geography Matters.

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