Question 1

What is the conflict between economic development and environmental well-being? Is there a compromise between these competing interests?

Accepted Answer

The conflict between economic developmen

Question 2

Why did the requirement that tankers purchase new discharge equipment reduce oil pollution?

Accepted Answer

A) The newly required equipment was cheaper than the old equipment,so more tanker companies purchased it. 
B) The new equipment made it easier for transnational advocacy networks to monitor tankers at sea. 
C) Although the new equipment was more expensive than the previous measures,verification of compliance was easier than before. 
D) Many tanker companies could not afford the new equipment and went out of business;fewer tankers resulted in fewer oil discharges. 
E) The new requirement sent a message to tanker companies that governments were serious about enforcing discharge limits. 
A) The newly required equipment was cheaper than the old equipment,so more tanker companies purchased it. 
B) The new equipment made it easier for transnational advocacy networks to monitor tankers at sea. 
C) Although the new equipment was more expensive than the previous measures,verification of compliance was easier than before. 
D) Many tanker companies could not afford the new equipment and went out of business;fewer tankers resulted in fewer oil discharges. 
E) The new requirement sent a message to tanker companies that governments were serious about enforcing discharge limits.

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of free riding with regard to environmental issues?

Accepted Answer

A) China does not reduce carbon emissions but expects developed countries to reduce theirs. 
B) Japan pushes to remove the ban on commercial whaling. 
C) Togo does not pay its dues to the International Whaling Commission (IW
C) . 
D) Greenpeace uses its own ships to monitor Norwegian whaling vessels. 
E) Europeans take boat trips on the Danube River without having to pay tolls. 
A) China does not reduce carbon emissions but expects developed countries to reduce theirs. 
B) Japan pushes to remove the ban on commercial whaling. 
C) Togo does not pay its dues to the International Whaling Commission (IW
C) . 
D) Greenpeace uses its own ships to monitor Norwegian whaling vessels. 
E) Europeans take boat trips on the Danube River without having to pay tolls.

Question 4

What is an accurate portrayal of the history of environmental conventions against oil dumping by oil tankers?

Accepted Answer

A) Oil tanker operators clean oil tankers at present by flooding them with ocean water;environmental action has not been successful. 
B) Oil tanker operators have independently changed their policy after oil dumping was exposed in the media. 
C) After the practice was exposed in the 1960s and 1970s,the international community successfully drafted international law to stop the practice. 
D) Efforts only succeeded after several attempts to find the right mechanism to discourage oil tankers from dumping oil in the ocean. 
E) Oil dumping was never a problem in the first place,since oil was so valuable;the media oversensationalized the issue. 
A) Oil tanker operators clean oil tankers at present by flooding them with ocean water;environmental action has not been successful. 
B) Oil tanker operators have independently changed their policy after oil dumping was exposed in the media. 
C) After the practice was exposed in the 1960s and 1970s,the international community successfully drafted international law to stop the practice. 
D) Efforts only succeeded after several attempts to find the right mechanism to discourage oil tankers from dumping oil in the ocean. 
E) Oil dumping was never a problem in the first place,since oil was so valuable;the media oversensationalized the issue.

Question 5

The Kyoto Protocol attempts to:

Accepted Answer

A) exclude a nonrival good. 
B) overexploit a common resource pool. 
C) privatize a public good. 
D) end a positive externality. 
E) enforce the Montreal Protocol. 
A) exclude a nonrival good. 
B) overexploit a common resource pool. 
C) privatize a public good. 
D) end a positive externality. 
E) enforce the Montreal Protocol.

Question 6

The Lima Accord was an international agreement related to what issue?

Accepted Answer

A) Whaling. 
B) Ozone depletion. 
C) Climate change. 
D) Oil dumping in open waters. 
E) Overfishing. 
A) Whaling. 
B) Ozone depletion. 
C) Climate change. 
D) Oil dumping in open waters. 
E) Overfishing.

What is the conflict between economic development and environmental well-being? Is there a compromise between these competing interests?

Why did the requirement that tankers purchase new discharge equipment reduce oil pollution?

Which of the following is an example of free riding with regard to environmental issues?

What is an accurate portrayal of the history of environmental conventions against oil dumping by oil tankers?

The Kyoto Protocol attempts to:

The Lima Accord was an international agreement related to what issue?

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

What is the conflict between economic development and environmental well-being? Is there a compromise between these competing interests?

Why did the requirement that tankers purchase new discharge equipment reduce oil pollution?

Which of the following is an example of free riding with regard to environmental issues?

What is an accurate portrayal of the history of environmental conventions against oil dumping by oil tankers?

The Kyoto Protocol attempts to:

The Lima Accord was an international agreement related to what issue?

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