Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a transnational advocacy network acting as a "fire alarm"?

Accepted Answer

A) Greenpeace distributing to the media video clips about whaling. 
B) Greenpeace notifying the IWC of any whaling violations that they witness. 
C) Greenpeace hanging banners on the Golden Gate Bridge condemning commercial whaling. 
D) Greenpeace organizing whale-watching tours to raise awareness in the public about whaling. 
E) Greenpeace positioning themselves between Japanese whaling vessels and the whales they are trying to hunt. 
A) Greenpeace distributing to the media video clips about whaling. 
B) Greenpeace notifying the IWC of any whaling violations that they witness. 
C) Greenpeace hanging banners on the Golden Gate Bridge condemning commercial whaling. 
D) Greenpeace organizing whale-watching tours to raise awareness in the public about whaling. 
E) Greenpeace positioning themselves between Japanese whaling vessels and the whales they are trying to hunt.

Question 2

International environmental institutions can affect cooperation on environmental issues in all of the following ways EXCEPT international institutions:

Accepted Answer

A) verify whether states are complying with international environmental standards. 
B) reduce decision-making costs for states negotiating agreements about international environmental issues. 
C) assist states in resolving disputes that they may have about environmental issues. 
D) establish clear standards of behavior for states with which they can be expected to comply. 
E) force states to fulfill their treaty obligations through economic sanctions. 
A) verify whether states are complying with international environmental standards. 
B) reduce decision-making costs for states negotiating agreements about international environmental issues. 
C) assist states in resolving disputes that they may have about environmental issues. 
D) establish clear standards of behavior for states with which they can be expected to comply. 
E) force states to fulfill their treaty obligations through economic sanctions.

Question 3

Which of the following illustrates the effects of linkage on environmental problems?

Accepted Answer

A) Greenpeace monitored Japanese whaling vessels while providing information to governments about weather trends. 
B) The United States and Canada are each other's largest trading partners,and together they stopped the problem of acid rain. 
C) Mexico blames pollution from the United States for birth defects in Tijuana. 
D) Southern European and northern African countries share responsibility for pollution levels in the Mediterranean Sea. 
E) Australians have experienced rising skin cancer rates because of ozone depletion. 
A) Greenpeace monitored Japanese whaling vessels while providing information to governments about weather trends. 
B) The United States and Canada are each other's largest trading partners,and together they stopped the problem of acid rain. 
C) Mexico blames pollution from the United States for birth defects in Tijuana. 
D) Southern European and northern African countries share responsibility for pollution levels in the Mediterranean Sea. 
E) Australians have experienced rising skin cancer rates because of ozone depletion.

Question 4

Why do "greener" industries have less political influence than polluting industries?

Accepted Answer

A) Polluting industries usually involve many firms,and they can use their superior numbers to pressure the government for support. 
B) Since they are usually new industries,there are too few people currently dependent upon their success to rally support for them. 
C) Most people do not believe that environmentally friendly technologies actually work. 
D) The majority of people do not support environmentally friendly technologies. 
E) The majority of politicians are philosophically opposed to supporting environmentally friendly policies. 
A) Polluting industries usually involve many firms,and they can use their superior numbers to pressure the government for support. 
B) Since they are usually new industries,there are too few people currently dependent upon their success to rally support for them. 
C) Most people do not believe that environmentally friendly technologies actually work. 
D) The majority of people do not support environmentally friendly technologies. 
E) The majority of politicians are philosophically opposed to supporting environmentally friendly policies.

Question 5

Which is the region with the best record for protecting the environment?

Accepted Answer

A) Europe. 
B) South Asia. 
C) North America. 
D) South America. 
E) The Middle East. 
A) Europe. 
B) South Asia. 
C) North America. 
D) South America. 
E) The Middle East.

Question 6

Explain how transnational advocacy networks help implement international environmental agreements.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

What is a common pool resource?

Accepted Answer

A) A good that is nonexcludable but rival in consumption. 
B) A cost or benefit for stakeholders other than the actor undertaking an action. 
C) An effect created by the interaction between two states. 
D) A good that is nonexcludable and nonrival in consumption. 
E) An international agency that monitors compliance with regulations. 
A) A good that is nonexcludable but rival in consumption. 
B) A cost or benefit for stakeholders other than the actor undertaking an action. 
C) An effect created by the interaction between two states. 
D) A good that is nonexcludable and nonrival in consumption. 
E) An international agency that monitors compliance with regulations.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an example of a negative externality?

Accepted Answer

A) A multinational corporation produces waste products that contaminate local groundwater and make the regional water undrinkable. 
B) The power generation of a local factory produces soot that covers nearby houses. 
C) The production of toys by an international corporation produces some waste products that the company pays to have disposed of properly. 
D) A newly built airport services hundreds of jets that are loud and disturb nearby residents. 
E) A military conducts live-ammunition training exercises,and some of the material from the exercises ends up on other people's private property. 
A) A multinational corporation produces waste products that contaminate local groundwater and make the regional water undrinkable. 
B) The power generation of a local factory produces soot that covers nearby houses. 
C) The production of toys by an international corporation produces some waste products that the company pays to have disposed of properly. 
D) A newly built airport services hundreds of jets that are loud and disturb nearby residents. 
E) A military conducts live-ammunition training exercises,and some of the material from the exercises ends up on other people's private property.

Question 9

How has globalization affected environmental issues?

Accepted Answer

A) The spread of global media has increased awareness of global warming and has led to the reduction of carbon emissions in developing countries. 
B) Poor countries have more access to environmentally friendly technologies because of the spread of the Internet. 
C) Transit costs have declined,which has decreased the environmental impact of trade. 
D) The increased linkage between countries resulting from globalization makes conflicts over environmental issues more likely. 
E) The increased competition resulting from economic globalization makes firms more likely to reduce costs by evading environmental regulations. 
A) The spread of global media has increased awareness of global warming and has led to the reduction of carbon emissions in developing countries. 
B) Poor countries have more access to environmentally friendly technologies because of the spread of the Internet. 
C) Transit costs have declined,which has decreased the environmental impact of trade. 
D) The increased linkage between countries resulting from globalization makes conflicts over environmental issues more likely. 
E) The increased competition resulting from economic globalization makes firms more likely to reduce costs by evading environmental regulations.

Question 10

How did the European Emissions Trading Scheme privatize a public good?

Accepted Answer

A) The system sold off government-owned firms to more efficient private owners. 
B) European governments became less involved in the details of pollution reduction,allowing private citizens and firms to determine the appropriate levels of pollution. 
C) European governments gave away environmentally friendly technology that had been developed using public funds. 
D) The system regulated pollution emissions that occurred in each individual country. 
E) The system divided up and distributed a pollution allowance to individual firms that were contaminating clean air. 
A) The system sold off government-owned firms to more efficient private owners. 
B) European governments became less involved in the details of pollution reduction,allowing private citizens and firms to determine the appropriate levels of pollution. 
C) European governments gave away environmentally friendly technology that had been developed using public funds. 
D) The system regulated pollution emissions that occurred in each individual country. 
E) The system divided up and distributed a pollution allowance to individual firms that were contaminating clean air.

Question 11

What makes the Lima Accord different from previous agreements on that topic?

Accepted Answer

A) NGO's were not allowed to participate in the meeting. 
B) Fewer states were present at the signing of the Accord than at previous conferences. 
C) The United Nations supported the agreement without reservation. 
D) It has an enforcement mechanism that is more powerful than previous agreements. 
E) It is the first time that all nations,rich and poor,agreed to take action to combat the issue. 
A) NGO's were not allowed to participate in the meeting. 
B) Fewer states were present at the signing of the Accord than at previous conferences. 
C) The United Nations supported the agreement without reservation. 
D) It has an enforcement mechanism that is more powerful than previous agreements. 
E) It is the first time that all nations,rich and poor,agreed to take action to combat the issue.

Question 12

What are joint products?

Accepted Answer

A) An international agency that monitors compliance with regulations. 
B) Effects created by the interaction between two states. 
C) Goods that are nonexcludable and nonrival in consumption. 
D) Goods that are nonexcludable but rival in consumption. 
E) When public goods are bundled with private goods. 
A) An international agency that monitors compliance with regulations. 
B) Effects created by the interaction between two states. 
C) Goods that are nonexcludable and nonrival in consumption. 
D) Goods that are nonexcludable but rival in consumption. 
E) When public goods are bundled with private goods.

Question 13

What is a framework convention?

Accepted Answer

A) The agenda for a series of meetings about an international problem. 
B) Agreements that establish how treaties will be enforced. 
C) Agreements that establish general principles to which all states can agree. 
D) International meetings that involve the states with the most interest in an issue. 
E) International meetings that involve nearly all states. 
A) The agenda for a series of meetings about an international problem. 
B) Agreements that establish how treaties will be enforced. 
C) Agreements that establish general principles to which all states can agree. 
D) International meetings that involve the states with the most interest in an issue. 
E) International meetings that involve nearly all states.

Question 14

What is the Lima Accord? Why is it significant in the history of global environmental agreements? Do you believe it will be effective? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The Lima Accord, also known as the Lima

Question 15

What is an externality?

Accepted Answer

A) A good that is nonexcludable but rival in consumption. 
B) A cost or benefit for stakeholders other than the actor undertaking an action. 
C) An effect created by the interaction between two states. 
D) A good that is nonexcludable and nonrival in consumption. 
E) An international agency that monitors compliance with regulations. 
A) A good that is nonexcludable but rival in consumption. 
B) A cost or benefit for stakeholders other than the actor undertaking an action. 
C) An effect created by the interaction between two states. 
D) A good that is nonexcludable and nonrival in consumption. 
E) An international agency that monitors compliance with regulations.

Question 16

Which of the following is most clearly an example of a public good?

Accepted Answer

A) The Grand Banks fishery off the East Coast of North America. 
B) The availability to use the Danube River for commercial shipping. 
C) The ozone layer protecting humans from ultraviolet radiation. 
D) The level of pollution from a pulp mill in Uruguay that affects Argentina. 
E) Bees from one farmer's property pollinating another farmer's plants. 
A) The Grand Banks fishery off the East Coast of North America. 
B) The availability to use the Danube River for commercial shipping. 
C) The ozone layer protecting humans from ultraviolet radiation. 
D) The level of pollution from a pulp mill in Uruguay that affects Argentina. 
E) Bees from one farmer's property pollinating another farmer's plants.

Question 17

Why are there ethical concerns about pressuring poor countries to industrialize in an environmentally friendly way?

Accepted Answer

A) Wealthy countries are imposing their own beliefs about the environment on poor countries. 
B) Poor countries will not benefit from improving the environment as much as wealthy countries will. 
C) Wealthy countries caused the pollution problem while industrializing and are now asking poor countries to not do the same. 
D) Poor countries may be offended by the suggestion that they do not value a clean environment. 
E) Some of the new environmentally friendly technologies may be more dangerous for workers than older technologies. 
A) Wealthy countries are imposing their own beliefs about the environment on poor countries. 
B) Poor countries will not benefit from improving the environment as much as wealthy countries will. 
C) Wealthy countries caused the pollution problem while industrializing and are now asking poor countries to not do the same. 
D) Poor countries may be offended by the suggestion that they do not value a clean environment. 
E) Some of the new environmentally friendly technologies may be more dangerous for workers than older technologies.

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of a common pool resource?

Accepted Answer

A) Restoration of the ozone layer. 
B) The Grand Banks fishery off the coast of North America. 
C) A beehive that pollinates plants located on other properties. 
D) Acid rain created by coal plants in the United States falling in Canada. 
E) The International Whaling Commission (IW
C) . 
A) Restoration of the ozone layer. 
B) The Grand Banks fishery off the coast of North America. 
C) A beehive that pollinates plants located on other properties. 
D) Acid rain created by coal plants in the United States falling in Canada. 
E) The International Whaling Commission (IW
C) .

Question 19

Why has the United States refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol? What does this tell us about the nature and challenges of international bargaining on environmental issues?

Accepted Answer

The United States has refused to ratify

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of a privileged group with respect to resolving environmental problems?

Accepted Answer

A) The United States has an advantage with regard to global warming,because it has few low-lying areas. 
B) Only a few countries wanted to continue killing whales for commercial purposes. 
C) Landowners in the Amazon can also benefit from ecotourism if they preserve the rainforest to reduce global warming. 
D) The United States,which produced a large portion of CFCs,pushed for a ban of CFCs. 
E) The International Whaling Commission enacted a ban on commercial whaling. 
A) The United States has an advantage with regard to global warming,because it has few low-lying areas. 
B) Only a few countries wanted to continue killing whales for commercial purposes. 
C) Landowners in the Amazon can also benefit from ecotourism if they preserve the rainforest to reduce global warming. 
D) The United States,which produced a large portion of CFCs,pushed for a ban of CFCs. 
E) The International Whaling Commission enacted a ban on commercial whaling.

Which of the following is an example of a transnational advocacy network acting as a "fire alarm"?

International environmental institutions can affect cooperation on environmental issues in all of the following ways EXCEPT international institutions:

Which of the following illustrates the effects of linkage on environmental problems?

Why do "greener" industries have less political influence than polluting industries?

Which is the region with the best record for protecting the environment?

Explain how transnational advocacy networks help implement international environmental agreements.

What is a common pool resource?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a negative externality?

How has globalization affected environmental issues?

How did the European Emissions Trading Scheme privatize a public good?

What makes the Lima Accord different from previous agreements on that topic?

What are joint products?

What is a framework convention?

What is the Lima Accord? Why is it significant in the history of global environmental agreements? Do you believe it will be effective? Why or why not?

What is an externality?

Which of the following is most clearly an example of a public good?

Why are there ethical concerns about pressuring poor countries to industrialize in an environmentally friendly way?

Which of the following is an example of a common pool resource?

Why has the United States refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol? What does this tell us about the nature and challenges of international bargaining on environmental issues?

Which of the following is an example of a privileged group with respect to resolving environmental problems?

Introduction

What Shaped Our World

Understanding Interests, interactions, and Institutions

Why Are There Wars

Domestic Politics and War

International Institutions and War

Violence by Nonstate Actors: Civil War and Terrorism

International Trade

International Financial Relations

International Monetary Relations

Development: Causes of the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

International Law and Norms

Human Rights

The Future of International Politics

Foundations, war, and Peace

International Political Economy, transnational Politics, and Looking Ahead

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Exam 14: The Global Environment

Which of the following is an example of a transnational advocacy network acting as a "fire alarm"?

International environmental institutions can affect cooperation on environmental issues in all of the following ways EXCEPT international institutions:

Which of the following illustrates the effects of linkage on environmental problems?

Why do "greener" industries have less political influence than polluting industries?

Which is the region with the best record for protecting the environment?

Explain how transnational advocacy networks help implement international environmental agreements.

What is a common pool resource?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a negative externality?

How has globalization affected environmental issues?

How did the European Emissions Trading Scheme privatize a public good?

What makes the Lima Accord different from previous agreements on that topic?

What are joint products?

What is a framework convention?

What is the Lima Accord? Why is it significant in the history of global environmental agreements? Do you believe it will be effective? Why or why not?

What is an externality?

Which of the following is most clearly an example of a public good?

Why are there ethical concerns about pressuring poor countries to industrialize in an environmentally friendly way?

Which of the following is an example of a common pool resource?

Why has the United States refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol? What does this tell us about the nature and challenges of international bargaining on environmental issues?

Which of the following is an example of a privileged group with respect to resolving environmental problems?

Introduction

What Shaped Our World

Understanding Interests, interactions, and Institutions

Why Are There Wars

Domestic Politics and War

International Institutions and War

Violence by Nonstate Actors: Civil War and Terrorism

International Trade

International Financial Relations

International Monetary Relations

Development: Causes of the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

International Law and Norms

Human Rights

The Future of International Politics

Foundations, war, and Peace

International Political Economy, transnational Politics, and Looking Ahead

Filters