Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a collective action problem?

Accepted Answer

A) You and your brother fight over who gets to use the car. 
B) You struggle to keep your desk clean in your dorm room. 
C) You and your classmates get a "C" on a group project because one member did not help. 
D) You and your teammates are outscored by the opposing intramural soccer team. 
A) You and your brother fight over who gets to use the car. 
B) You struggle to keep your desk clean in your dorm room. 
C) You and your classmates get a "C" on a group project because one member did not help. 
D) You and your teammates are outscored by the opposing intramural soccer team.

Question 2

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 
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

Question 3

What role did environmental groups play in getting a ban on commercial whaling enacted?

Accepted Answer

A) They had only a small role because states were going to support the ban for other reasons. 
B) They pushed the United Nations to hold an environmental conference on the issue. 
C) They created an international code of conduct for whalers that convinced them to stop hunting whales. 
D) They encouraged nonwhaling states to join the International Whaling Commission (IW
C) and to vote for the ban. 
A) They had only a small role because states were going to support the ban for other reasons. 
B) They pushed the United Nations to hold an environmental conference on the issue. 
C) They created an international code of conduct for whalers that convinced them to stop hunting whales. 
D) They encouraged nonwhaling states to join the International Whaling Commission (IW
C) and to vote for the ban.

Question 4

How does China's economic development affect its pollution levels?

Accepted Answer

A) China has already been emitting more CO2 per capita than the United States. 
B) The Chinese government has responded to environmental concerns by increasing regulations. 
C) China is expected to comply with the greenhouse gas emissions set by the Kyoto Protocol. 
D) After a rapid increase associated with industrialization,CO2 emissions have stabilized. 
A) China has already been emitting more CO2 per capita than the United States. 
B) The Chinese government has responded to environmental concerns by increasing regulations. 
C) China is expected to comply with the greenhouse gas emissions set by the Kyoto Protocol. 
D) After a rapid increase associated with industrialization,CO2 emissions have stabilized.

Question 5

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. 
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.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of an externality?

Accepted Answer

A) Bees kept to make honey pollinate plants belonging to a nearby farmer. 
B) Smoke from a chimney backs up into a house. 
C) A landowner fishes from her pond. 
D) A company adopts technology that reduces the possibility of toxic waste spills. 
A) Bees kept to make honey pollinate plants belonging to a nearby farmer. 
B) Smoke from a chimney backs up into a house. 
C) A landowner fishes from her pond. 
D) A company adopts technology that reduces the possibility of toxic waste spills.

Question 7

Discuss a collective action problem that you have personally encountered?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary but should d

Question 8

Which country is currently the largest source of carbon emissions?

Accepted Answer

A) The United States 
B) China 
C) India 
D) Russia 
A) The United States 
B) China 
C) India 
D) Russia

Question 9

Why did the United States refuse to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

Accepted Answer

A) The United States did not think the agreement went far enough in reducing greenhouse gases. 
B) The United States would have to reduce its carbon emissions while developing countries would not. 
C) The United States was boycotting the host country,Japan,because of its whaling practices. 
D) The United States preferred an alternative agreement proposed by several European countries. 
A) The United States did not think the agreement went far enough in reducing greenhouse gases. 
B) The United States would have to reduce its carbon emissions while developing countries would not. 
C) The United States was boycotting the host country,Japan,because of its whaling practices. 
D) The United States preferred an alternative agreement proposed by several European countries.

Question 10

Why does the potential of new technologies to ameliorate environmental problems not immediately lead to regulations requiring their adoption?

Accepted Answer

Answers should discuss the incentives of

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) Oil tanker standards have been successful because compliance is easily verified. 
B) Oil tanker operators clean oil tankers at present by flooding them with ocean water; environmental action has not been successful. 
C) Oil tanker operators independently changed their policies after oil dumping was exposed in the media. 
D) Oil tanker operators adopted technology that both reduced their costs and reduced the dumping of oil into the sea. 
A) Oil tanker standards have been successful because compliance is easily verified. 
B) Oil tanker operators clean oil tankers at present by flooding them with ocean water; environmental action has not been successful. 
C) Oil tanker operators independently changed their policies after oil dumping was exposed in the media. 
D) Oil tanker operators adopted technology that both reduced their costs and reduced the dumping of oil into the sea.

Question 12

Why was the adoption of expensive new technologies more effective in limiting oil discharges by tankers as opposed to the cheaper alternatives that failed to change the behavior of tanker operators?

Accepted Answer

Conceptually,this answer should referenc

Question 13

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 14

How can international institutions help implement international environmental agreements?

Accepted Answer

The main functions international institu

Question 15

The Paris Agreement:

Accepted Answer

A) dictates specific targets for each state's emission levels. 
B) has benefited from active promotion by the United States as a privileged actor. 
C) does not include developing countries. 
D) relies on nationally determined contributions. 
A) dictates specific targets for each state's emission levels. 
B) has benefited from active promotion by the United States as a privileged actor. 
C) does not include developing countries. 
D) relies on nationally determined contributions.

Which of the following is an example of a collective action problem?

What is a common-pool resource?

What role did environmental groups play in getting a ban on commercial whaling enacted?

How does China's economic development affect its pollution levels?

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

Which of the following is an example of an externality?

Discuss a collective action problem that you have personally encountered?

Which country is currently the largest source of carbon emissions?

Why did the United States refuse to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

Why does the potential of new technologies to ameliorate environmental problems not immediately lead to regulations requiring their adoption?

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

Why was the adoption of expensive new technologies more effective in limiting oil discharges by tankers as opposed to the cheaper alternatives that failed to change the behavior of tanker operators?

What is an externality?

How can international institutions help implement international environmental agreements?

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Exam 13: The Global Environment

Which of the following is an example of a collective action problem?

What is a common-pool resource?

What role did environmental groups play in getting a ban on commercial whaling enacted?

How does China's economic development affect its pollution levels?

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

Which of the following is an example of an externality?

Discuss a collective action problem that you have personally encountered?

Which country is currently the largest source of carbon emissions?

Why did the United States refuse to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

Why does the potential of new technologies to ameliorate environmental problems not immediately lead to regulations requiring their adoption?

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

Why was the adoption of expensive new technologies more effective in limiting oil discharges by tankers as opposed to the cheaper alternatives that failed to change the behavior of tanker operators?

What is an externality?

How can international institutions help implement international environmental agreements?

The Paris Agreement:

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

Introduction

Foundations, War, and Peace

International Political Economy, Transnational Politics, and Looking Ahead

Filters