Deck 5: Population and Resources

Question 1

For centuries, oil was just a messy black substance that oozed from the Earth until the creation of the carbon economy. What is this an example of?

A) socially constructed resources
B) organic resources
C) renewable resources
D) none of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Aside from technical change, what is also involved in the translation from an inert material to a resource?

A) demand
B) profitability
C) social benefit
D) commodification

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What had to be created before oil became a valuable resource?

A) combustible engine
B) its price
C) carbon economy
D) its use

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Why did coal come into use as a fuel?

A) better quality for fuel
B) cheaper than wood
C) cleaner quality of fuel
D) more scare than wood

Question 5

What is the almost 90 percent of coal produced in the United States used for?

A) manufacturing
B) heating
C) electricity
D) export

Question 6

In 2015, the world's largest coal producer was _____ and the largest coal importer was _____.

A) Australia; Britain
B) United States; Philippines
C) China; Japan
D) Britain; India

Question 7

What is NOT one of the five laws of resource use?

A) Resources replace exhausted, unavailable, depleted, or expensive previous resources.
B) Resource use creates new geographies, landscapes, economic flows, and networks.
C) Resource use has virtually no social, political, public, or community implications.
D) Resource use's negative public consequences are often resistant to regulation.

Question 8

How is US foreign policy dictated by oil?

A) Securing oil supplies is a vital part of the operations of US global power.
B) US foreign policy stands against making economic alliances with dictatorial regimes.
C) Expect foreign oil suppliers to respect human rights and offer oil at a reasonable price.
D) US investment in alternative sources of fuel is a recognition of oil as a nonrenewable.

Question 9

What term describes the assumption that the Earth can only support so much population and sustain so much economic growth?

A) limits to growth
B) neo-Malthusian
C) carrying capacity
D) Nonrenewable

Question 10

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a group of oil-producing countries that together control the supply of oil and ultimately its price. What term describes OPEC?

A) peak oil
B) oil cartel
C) carbon economy
D) oil exporters

Question 11

What country is the single largest exporter of oil?

A) Iran
B) Saudi Arabia
C) United States
D) Russia

Question 12

What term describes the situation where our world oil supply has reached its potential maximum?

A) peak oil
B) easy oil
C) tough oil
D) oil shock

Question 13

If the carbon economy declines or is replaced, what is NOT one of the consequences for specific countries and/or the global economy overall?

A) Countries and/or corporations will search for alternative sources of energy.
B) Socio-spatial assemblages that rely on cheap oil will be able to persist long-term.
C) Countries and/or corporations that rely mostly on oil revenue will be affected.
D) Socio-spatial assemblages that rely on cheap oil will be unsustainable long-term.

Question 14

What is an oil crunch?

A) a group of oil-producing countries
B) a bottleneck in the transport of oil exports
C) a gap between national supply and demand
D) a reserve of crude oil that is difficult to extract

Question 15

Besides the demand and potential profit of successfully extracting new sources of oil, what specifically enabled offshore drilling and then the fracking revolution to access and exploit more and more difficult, costly deposits?

A) sustainability
B) technological advancement
C) geopolitics
D) exaggerated risk