Human Geog Ch. 4 – Flashcards
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Preservation, deep ecology, and ecofeminism are radical environmental perspectives found only in the core.
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False
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Which of the following environmental philosophies is currently the most conventional?
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conservation
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To ecofeminists, ________ is at the center of today's environmental problems.
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patriarchy
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The contemporary view of nature dominant in the United States is most strongly linked to the
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Judeo-Christian tradition, in which nature is to be dominated or tamed by Man.
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Vandana Shiva is most well-known for
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her work protecting environmental diversity & sustainability through such things as organic farming, fair trade and the use and preservation of native seeds.
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The idea that "nature is a social creation" means that
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the physical world means different things to different people at different times.
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Which of the following is most influential in anticipating a population's impact on nature?
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its affluence
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Henry David Thoreau
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is often credited as the originator of U.S. ecological philosophy, an American naturalist and activist, lived for 2 years in nature in solitude
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Which of the following energy resources is renewable?
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Hydropower
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The region with the greatest number of urban areas vulnerable to sea level rise is
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Southeast Asia
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The foundations of the U.S. environmental movement of the 20th century are drawn from the ideas of
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Marsh
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Global temperature increases over the last century have been greatest
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at the Arctic
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Political ecologists emphasize
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the impact of political and economic forces on local cultures and resource use
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The 1992 Earth Summit was concerned primarily with this type of issue.
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global environmental issues
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One conceptual theory (i.e., I = PAT) for understanding the factors contributing to environmental impacts relates them to
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technological level, level of affluence, and population size
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The environmental justice movement emphasizes the disproportional burdens that the ________ face from the negative consequences of economic development.
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poor
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Whereas environmental preservationists advocate that certain habitats, species, and resources should be off-limits and left entirely alone, conservation approaches encourage
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respectful and sustainable used of natural resources.
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Which of the following is NOT evidence of global climate change?
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disappearing rainforests
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International efforts to protect biodiversity have included efforts to halt "bioprospecting," the corporate practice of
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exploiting indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants for commercial purposes.
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Human adaptations to and uses of the natural environment
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have been occurring for hundreds and thousands of years.
