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Question: Which of the following is a result of government attempts to increase energy efficiency?
Answer: Energy Star
Question: President Nixon sent U.S forces to Cambodia in 1970 to?
Answer: Bomb Viet Cong supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Question: Branch Rickey was?
Answer: A white general manager who opposed segregation in baseball.
Question: Which of the following competes with the need for safe, clean, drinking water?
Answer: The economic needs of industries that supply the nations products.
Question: Which internet related factor most affects the entertainment industry?
Answer: Downloadable music and videos
Question: A dispute between two countries about Tariffs would most likely be settled by?
Answer: WTO
Question: Some young men who were drafted during the Vietnam war avoided military service by?
Answer: Fleeing to Canada or another country
Question: President Clinton believed both NAFTA and GATT would?
Answer: Improve trade relations among many countries
Question: Why did president Carter create the department of energy?
Answer: To reduce America's dependence on foreign energy
Question: Which leader was backed by the U.S during the Korean War?
Answer: Syngman Rhee
Question: Which of the following cities would most likely experience issues with acid rain?
Answer: A city with high levels of vehicle emissions
Question: How has technology impacted globalization?
Answer: Technology connects people around the world, making it easy to spread information and ideas
Question: What is the purpose of Maquiladoras?
Answer: To manufacture finished goods for export to the U.S.
Question: Although mining and logging are crucial to the Canadian economy, they also?
Answer: Have negative effects on the environment
Question: Which of the following is a cause of poverty?
Answer: All of the above
Question: Most air pollution in the U.S. and Canada cities is caused by?
Answer: Vehicle and industrial emissions
Question: Government and businesses have little impact on the environment?
Answer: FALSE
Question: Why did the U.S economy become the blueprint for international economic structures following WWII?
Answer: At the time the U.S supplies the world with food, goods and money, giving it tremendous influence over other nations
Question: In recent years, most illegal drugs have entered the U.S through____in the 1980's most came from___?
Answer: Mexico and Colombia
Question: People who live in the inner city, have an easier time finding higher paying jobs?
Answer: FALSE
Question: The trend of declining ecosystem resource availability and increasing demand for these resources can best be countered by?
Answer: Applying sustainable development practices
Question: Energy efficiency strategies are based on the assumption that consumers will be willing to pay more in exchange for reduced energy use?
Answer: FALSE
Question: Latin America is home to more than half of the worlds?
Answer: Rainforest
Question: Which of the following Latin American countries is known for its vast natural resources and has the highest GDP and fastest growing economy?
Answer: Brazil
Question: Conservation efforts have been effective in?
Answer: Preserving wildlife habitats.
Question: Environmental impact assessments are required by law in order for?
Answer: Companies to receive building permits.
Question: Which of the following statements about government sanctioned activities to restore ecosystem is true?
Answer: Government sanctioned activities have been effective in helping to restore ecosystems but do not replace prevention efforts
Question: Which of these arguments is often made against the idea of conservation?
Answer: Land and natural resources should be used for economic gain
Question: Which of the following fields is part of the environmental movement?
Answer: All of the above
Question: Which of the following is an important purpose of natural parks and wildlife refuges?
Answer: To protect landscapes and endangered species.
Question: Environmental journalism is controversial because?
Answer: Some environmental journalists are not objective reporters
Question: U.S. fish and wildlife services collaborate with?
Answer: All of the above
Question: Energy efficiency is usually obtained through?
Answer: Technology
Question: Which of the following would NOT be a topic of concern to environmental sociology?
Answer: None of the above
Question: In 1972, congressional clean water act?
Answer: Gave the EPA the authority to regulate water quality in navigable ways.
Question: Which of the following is NOT a strategy for improving the long term health of cities?
Answer: Increasing automobile use
Question: Which of the following environmental justice policies would the EPA be least interested in and able to support?
Answer: Fair treatment
Question: Conservation efforts have resulted in restoration of some wildlife habitats?
Answer: TRUE
Question: Which of the following lists disadvantages of nuclear power?
Answer: Nuclear power produces radioactive waste and creates a potential for disaster.
Question: What is the main goal of the pacific region coastal program?
Answer: To restore wetland and forest habitats
Question: Which of the following eventually resulted in Niagara Falls, love canal neighborhood being declared a federal emergency in 1978?
Answer: A large amount of iron, zinc, and lead mining had poisoned the water supply
Question: Which of the following names two congressional actions, one intended to prevent pollution and another intended to clean toxic sites?
Answer: The clean air act and the superfund
Question: The alliance to save energy seeks to increase energy efficiency through?
Answer: Lobbying for policy changes
Question: Which of the following happens when fossil fuels are burned?
Answer: Carbon dioxide and other pollutants are released into the air
Question: The ultimate goal of sustainable development is to?
Answer: Meet current and future resource needs
Question: Earth houses are predominantly illuminated with natural light.
Answer: TRUE
Question: Environmental sociology is concerned with?
Answer: Social factors that lead to environmental problems
Question: Which of the following is NOT a benefit of increased energy efficiency?
Answer: Decreased energy services
Question: Energy efficiency strategies are based on the assumption that consumers will be willing to pay more in exchange for reduced energy use?
Answer: FALSE
Question: Why was the town of pitcher, Oklahoma evacuates in 2009?
Answer: Carbon dioxide in the air had sickened many of the towns inhabitants
Question: Efforts to restore wetlands and forests along the coast will most likely?
Answer: All of the above
Question: Which of the following best describes the purpose of the 1997 Kyoto protocol?
Answer: To reduce greenhouse emissions worldwide
Question: Which of the following do scientists claim is evidence of climate change?
Answer: rising global temperatures
Question: The environmental movement does not have tools to intervene with environmentally damaging practices on private property?
Answer: TRUE
Question: Government sanctioned activities to improve ecosystems have had little effect?
Answer: FALSE
Question: It is important for_____to participate in conservation efforts?
Answer: All of the above
Question: In 1997, the Kyoto protocol treaty was signed by?
Answer: 191 nations, not including the United States
Question: Who finances the EPA's superfund?
Answer: The Sierra club and companies that pollute
Question: Increased energy efficiency ultimately leads to lower costs?
Answer: TRUE