Exam 2: How Did We Get Here Power, Privilege, and a Paradigm Problem

Which Western thinker first proposed a ""natural scala"" in which humans reign over animals and plants?

In which decade did car ownership become mainstream in U.S. households?

British philosopher John Locke argued that only landowners should have the right to vote. His perspective foreshadowed the prevailing 18th century Western perspective that

In the 1960s, the U.S. government made plans to build dams on the Colorado River that would have flooded sections of the Grand Canyon.

Which of the following was not among the goals of the Wise Use Agenda published in 1988?

Which of the following were among the concerns of the first urban environmentalists?

The idea that individuals have a natural right to act in self-interest became a fundamental part of the dominant Western worldview in the 18th century.

Worldviews are obvious to the people who hold them.

Why is it necessary to consider worldview in an analysis of anthropogenic ecological problems?

In the late 19th century U.S., upper-class women's clubs were instrumental in grassroots campaigns to protect forests and wildlife.

In 1935, Bob Marshall and Aldo Leopold co-founded

Philosopher Thomas Hobbes saw nature as

The textbook authors state, ""Ecologically speaking, the innovation of television was no-less-than momentous, and not in a good way."" What do you think they mean by this provocative statement?

Environmental protection wasn't really on the minds of anyone in the U.S. until the 1960s.

American transcendentalist writers such as Emerson and Thoreau embraced materialistic values and the utilitarian view of nature.

Since the ___________ administration, there has been a partisan divide in U.S. government pertaining to environmental regulations and conservation issues.

Like John Muir, Aldo Leopold valued unspoiled wilderness for what it could provide to humans.