Question.283 - According to our text, which of the following is NOT true? Select one: a. Core countries help protect their environments through technological innovations. b. Core countries help protect their environments by exporting industrial wastes to peripheral countries. c. Core countries are more interested in protecting the environment because of their Judeo-Christian perspective on nature. d. Affluent core countries are more effective at protecting their environments than poor peripheral countries. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Core countries are more interested in protecting the environment because of their Judeo-Christian perspective on nature. Question?2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following is NOT evidence of global climate change? Select one: a. rising sea level b. disappearing rainforests c. increasing atmospheric CO2 d. disappearing Arctic sea ice e. rising global average temperatures Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: disappearing rainforests Question?3 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text National Forests and Parks across the United States, from the Rockies to the Smokies, operate under a view of natural resource use built on ________ and the idea that natural resources can be used responsibly. Select one: a. deforestation b. preservation c. modernization d. conservation e. economic development Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: conservation Question?4 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The idea that "nature is a social creation" means that Select one: a. the evolutionary process concluded with the emergence of humans. b. the physical world and its resources were made for human use. c. the physical world means different things to different people at different times. d. humans have built the physical world and its landscapesnothing is natural. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: the physical world means different things to different people at different times. Question?5 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text One conceptual theory (i.e., I = PAT) for understanding the factors contributing to environmental impacts relates them to a. technological level and population size b. population size c. technological level, population size, and level of affluence d. technological level e. level of affluence Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: technological level, population size, and level of affluence Question?6 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Human adaptations to and uses of the natural environment a. no longer occure with globalization of the late 20th century b. began with the industrial revolution c. have been occurring for hundreds and thousands of years d. almost never result in pollution or environmental degradation e. occur only in hearth areas Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: have been occurring for hundreds and thousands of years Question?7 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Whereas environmental preservationists advocate that certain habitats, species, and resources should be off-limits and left entirely alone, conservation approaches encourage a. a return to a "natural" lifestyle, like those lived by Native Americans b. exploitation of natural resources c. rights of animals, trees, and landscapes equal to those given humans. d. a respectful and sustainable use of natural resources e. re-creation and reclamation of natural landscapes Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: a respectful and sustainable use of natural resources Question?8 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Vandana Shiva is most well-known for Select one: a. her work protecting environmental diversity & sustainability through such things as organic farming, fair trade and the use and preservation of native seeds. b. founding Greenpeace. c. her symbolic power as Hindu god of the environment, agricultural lands and food production. d. identifying the benefits of safe agricultural pesticides and genetically modified plants & animals. e. her position as being the first person from the world's periphery to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: her work protecting environmental diversity & sustainability through such things as organic farming, fair trade and the use and preservation of native seeds. Question?9 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following is most influential in anticipating a population's impact on nature? Select one: a. its prevailing religious beliefs b. its gender balance c. both its gender balance and its resource base d. its resource base e. its affluence Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: its affluence Question?10 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Political ecologists emphasize Select one: a. the impact of globalization on resource trade. b. environmental ethics and the ethics of resource use. c. the impact of political and economic forces on local cultures and resource use. d. environmental and resource policy. e. traditional groups' involvement in the political process. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: the impact of political and economic forces on local cultures and resource use. Question?11 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The demographic collapse across the Americas following the Columbian Exchange was due to Select one: a. deforestation and desertification. b. bioprospecting. c. virgin soil epidemics. d. ecological imperialism. e. environmental determinism. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: virgin soil epidemics. Question?12 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text "Water crises" around the world are occurring not only because of water shortages, but because water as a public good is rapidly being turned into a Select one: a. corporate subsidy. b. virtual product. c. privatized commodity. d. trade export. e. polluted resource. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: privatized commodity. Question?13 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The environmental justice movement emphasizes the disproportional burdens that the ________ face from the negative consequences of economic development. Select one: a. middle-class b. periphery c. core d. poor e. rich Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: poor Question?14 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text All of the following statements are indications of climate change?except one.?Which one? a. increased precipitation in some parts of the world b. rising sea level c. deforestation in the world's tropical regions d. temperature increases in the Northern hemisphere e. declining mountain glaciers and shrinking Arctic sea ice Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: deforestation in the world's tropical regions Question?15 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The contemporary view of nature dominant in the United States is most strongly linked to the a. romantic philosiphies of Henry David Thoreau, in wich all creatures have divine qualities, humans are not exceptional. b. North American Indian tration, which emphasized the interrelatedness of the natural world. c. transcendental poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, who encouraged a mystical and spiritual alternative to the 'primitive' and 'savage' life. d. Judeo-Christian tradition, in which nature is to be dominated or tamed by Man.

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