Exam Name MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question 1 The belief that nature is sacred and should not be used at all is was held by A conservationists like Teddy Roosevelt B preservationists like Earth First 1 2 The main reason for the slowing of continental expansion in Europe in the 1300s was A prolonged and bloody warfare B memories of bad experiences during the Crusades C the opposition of the Church D the unwillingness to use paper money as a form of currency E the bubonic plague 2 World Map 3 La Paz is the capital of A 7 B 32 3 C 36 D 24 E 23 4 According to our text to date no accidents have been associated with nuclear energy production in the A periphery B core 4 5 During the era of internal European expansion the most obvious change in the land was A sheep grazing B soil salination C deforestation D siltation 5 1 6 Desertification occurring in the grasslands of the Sahel bordering the Sahara is the result of A careless overgrazing by thoughtless herders B droughts and other acts of nature or God C a complex set of environmental cultural and political economic factors D industrialization and urbanization E expanding beef production for U S and European markets 6 7 The great environmental benefit of hydropower as an energy source is that it A produces few atmospheric pollutants B has no impact on local plant and animal life C maintains the pristine quality of the body of water on which it is built D benefits water quality E All of the above are among the benefits of hydropower 7 8 The greatest loss of human life in history followed the Columbian Exchange and its associated A virgin soil epidemics B slavery and forced labor 8 9 The nature of the relationship between humans and their environment is based mostly on A prevailing religious beliefs B technological understanding and ability C population size D the hegemonic political system E core periphery relationships 9 10 The social production of nature refers to A preservation and conservation of unique environments and biosphere reserves B the transformation of landscapes and species by human activity C cloning surrogate mothering and in vitro fertilization D ecological imperialism E cultural and political ecology 2 10 World Map 11 Which pair of countries share a continent A Australia Somalia B Haiti the Dominican Republic C Australia Bolivia D Peru Uganda E Bolivia Somalia 11 12 Archaeologists are still trying to figure out why certain megafauna ie became extinct around 11 000 years ago and others did not A fruit trees and ferns B mammoths cave bears 12 13 Ecofeminism A argues that men equate nature with women B calls for the creation of a strong patriarchy C rejects Goddess worship D has found significant acceptance primarily in core countries 13 14 Humans dispersed so widely during the Paleolithic period primarily because A they needed new areas with sufficient food for survival B they wished to avoid infectious diseases C of the innate desire to explore new lands D wars made it necessary 14 3 15 Which religious perspective believes that all animate and inanimate natural phenomena have a spirit or consciousness A Buddhist perspective B Judeo Christian perspective C Taoist perspective D Animist perspective E Islamic perspective 15 16 According to Knox and Marston the high number of deaths in New Orleans from hurricane Katrina 2005 was primarily the result of A social and political factors B global warming C terrorists D pollution E Mother Nature 16 17 Numerous small islands of Oceania in the South Pacific continue to suffer environmental consequences of the Cold War arms race because they were A littered with depleted uranium and other military trash B used as massive naval and military bases C depleted of mineral resources for high tech materials D used as nuclear weapons testing sites E used as testing sites for biological weapons 17 18 Earth First and other groups that use extralegal tactics to protect the environment are generally A political ecologists B conservationists C cultural ecologists D ecological imperialists E preservationists 18 19 Understanding human environment interactions within the context of the surrounding political and economic relationships is an approach taken by A eco economists B political ecologists 19 20 Cultral ecologogists attempt to understand how cultural processes affect adaptation to A the world system B the environment 20 21 The lower an organism on the food chain the A more energetic it is B more energy efficient it is C more meat it eats D less of them there are E more tasty it is especially with a little bit of garlic and olive oil 21 4 22 The term global change includes this type of problem A political B economic C environmental D all of the above 22 World Map 23 Canberra is the capital of the country labeled with which number A 24 B 34 C 64 D 44 23 E 54 24 The Islamic perspective on nature has the most in common with the perspective on nature of this religion A Buddhism B Judaism C Animism D Taoism 24 25 Your textbook authors point out that to represent the disastrous impact of Hurricane Katrina 2005 as a natural disaster it misleading because it ignores A political social factors B cultural and religious factors 25 26 In the energy pyramid accompanying a generalized food chain produce the least amount of energy A herbivores B photosynthesizers C carnivores D top carnivores 26 27 Cities of ancient Mesopotamia in the Fertile Crescent grew and relied upon a vast irrigation network It is thought that the region eventually collapsed about 4 000 years ago because of A the discovery of oil B species extinction C religious conflict D climate change E environmental mismanagement 27 5 28 This region has the highest commercial energy consumption per capita A North America B Asia C Africa D South America 28 29 Human contributions to global climate warming are primarily from A oil spills in the core and the periphery B the hole in the ozone layer created by the space shuttle C the proliferation of pavement in both the core and the periphery D deforestation in the periphery E carbon dioxide emissions in the core 29 30 Marshes bogs peatlands and swamps are all in the category of land cover A forest B steppe C wetland D grassland E archipelago 30 31 The largest cause of oil pollution in the world s oceans is A oil tanker accidents B surface run off of oil from core countries C home heating oil emissions D oil extraction E natural