Question 1

In1978,____________________________________________________________ began to research and publish its list of species at risk.

Accepted Answer

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada,COSEWIC

Question 2

The ______________________________ era saw the conquering of Native people and the taking over of their land.

Accepted Answer

Colonial settlement

Question 3

Who developed the Sierra Club in 1892?

Accepted Answer

A)  Theodore Roosevelt 
B)  Aldo Leopold 
C)  Gifford Pinchot 
D)  John Muir 
A)  Theodore Roosevelt 
B)  Aldo Leopold 
C)  Gifford Pinchot 
D)  John Muir D

Question 4

After WWI,why did the US federal governments promote increased resource removal from public lands at low prices?

Accepted Answer

A)  to ensure species preservation 
B)  to employ single-use management 
C)  - to stimulate economic growth 
D)  to attract homesteaders 
A)  to ensure species preservation 
B)  to employ single-use management 
C)  - to stimulate economic growth 
D)  to attract homesteaders

Question 5

What was NOT an outcome of the agricultural revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  increased soil erosion 
B)  increased manipulation of nature 
C)  protection of wild plants and animals 
D)  increased deforestation 
A)  increased soil erosion 
B)  increased manipulation of nature 
C)  protection of wild plants and animals 
D)  increased deforestation

Question 6

In the United States,_________________________ founded the Sierra Club in 1892.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the United States,_________________________ founded the Sierra...

Question 7

The agricultural revolution took place some 5000 to 6000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is one characteristic of all major culture revolutions that have happened since the hunter-gatherer era?

Accepted Answer

A)  shorter life spans 
B)  decreased resource consumption and pollution 
C)  improved living standards 
D)  decreased food supplies 
A)  shorter life spans 
B)  decreased resource consumption and pollution 
C)  improved living standards 
D)  decreased food supplies

Question 9

George W.Bush,elected president of the United States,supported Kyoto and was committed to reducing automobile emissions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which human-resource relationship is NOT characteristic of a shift from a hunter-gatherer to an agricultural society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use of domesticated animals increased the average energy use per person. 
B)  People began accumulating material goods. 
C)  People used muscle, sun, and coal as energy sources. 
D)  The population increased with the increased food supply. 
A)  Use of domesticated animals increased the average energy use per person. 
B)  People began accumulating material goods. 
C)  People used muscle, sun, and coal as energy sources. 
D)  The population increased with the increased food supply.

Question 11

Which Canadian Prime Minister went head-to-head with President Ronald Reagan over acid rain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jean Chretien 
B)  Stephen Harper 
C)  Brian Mulroney 
D)  Pierre Trudeau 
A)  Jean Chretien 
B)  Stephen Harper 
C)  Brian Mulroney 
D)  Pierre Trudeau

Question 12

What is NOT a characteristic of the industrial-medical revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  ability to utilize Earth's resources 
B)  social concern for workers 
C)  average per capita energy consumption 
D)  economic growth 
A)  ability to utilize Earth's resources 
B)  social concern for workers 
C)  average per capita energy consumption 
D)  economic growth

Question 13

The ______________________________ began in England in the mid-1700s and spread to the United States in the 1800s.

Accepted Answer

industrial

Question 14

-Which US president greatly increased private energy and mineral development and timber cutting on public lands,and reduced funding for research on renewable energy sources?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carter 
B)  Kennedy 
C)  Nixon 
D)  Reagan 
A)  Carter 
B)  Kennedy 
C)  Nixon 
D)  Reagan

Question 15

What is one characteristic of the agricultural revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  lack of concern for the natural world 
B)  fertilizing to improve soil fertility 
C)  cultivating wild plants 
D)  decreasing population size 
A)  lack of concern for the natural world 
B)  fertilizing to improve soil fertility 
C)  cultivating wild plants 
D)  decreasing population size

Question 16

Kyoto was not supported by the Stephen Harper government in Canada.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which statement about slash-and-burn cultivation is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  it contours and terraces the land 
B)  ashes from burned vegetation are left in place, which add plant nutrients to the soil 
C)  crops are rotated yearly 
D)  it ultimately leads to desertification 
A)  it contours and terraces the land 
B)  ashes from burned vegetation are left in place, which add plant nutrients to the soil 
C)  crops are rotated yearly 
D)  it ultimately leads to desertification

Question 18

The science of ecology began to emerge between 1965 and1970.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What was a major stimulus for the industrial-medical revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  a shortage of wood 
B)  the bubonic plague 
C)  poverty 
D)  the European wars 
A)  a shortage of wood 
B)  the bubonic plague 
C)  poverty 
D)  the European wars

Question 20

What are both Henry David Thoreau and George Perkins Marsh called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native Americans 
B)  industrialists 
C)  land barons 
D)  conservationists 
A)  Native Americans 
B)  industrialists 
C)  land barons 
D)  conservationists

Exam 2: Environmental History: Learning From the Past

In1978,____________________________________________________________ began to research and publish its list of species at risk.

The ______________________________ era saw the conquering of Native people and the taking over of their land.

Who developed the Sierra Club in 1892?

After WWI,why did the US federal governments promote increased resource removal from public lands at low prices?

What was NOT an outcome of the agricultural revolution?

In the United States,_________________________ founded the Sierra Club in 1892.

The agricultural revolution took place some 5000 to 6000 years ago.

What is one characteristic of all major culture revolutions that have happened since the hunter-gatherer era?

George W.Bush,elected president of the United States,supported Kyoto and was committed to reducing automobile emissions.

Which human-resource relationship is NOT characteristic of a shift from a hunter-gatherer to an agricultural society?

Which Canadian Prime Minister went head-to-head with President Ronald Reagan over acid rain?

What is NOT a characteristic of the industrial-medical revolution?

The ______________________________ began in England in the mid-1700s and spread to the United States in the 1800s.

-Which US president greatly increased private energy and mineral development and timber cutting on public lands,and reduced funding for research on renewable energy sources?

What is one characteristic of the agricultural revolution?

Kyoto was not supported by the Stephen Harper government in Canada.

Which statement about slash-and-burn cultivation is true?

The science of ecology began to emerge between 1965 and1970.

What was a major stimulus for the industrial-medical revolution?

What are both Henry David Thoreau and George Perkins Marsh called?

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