Question 1

Which of the following statements about China is not true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many countries oppose an agreement to limit greenhouse emissions that does not constrain China as much as everyone else.
B)  China regards further economic growth as essential to raising its standard of living; this makes it unlikely that the leadership will consider limiting fossil fuel emissions.
C)  Many countries are concerned that they will be economically disadvantaged if China is not limited in the production of greenhouse gas emissions.
D)  China has minimal ability to grow economically because of strict environmental protections.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

How does each of the main theories of political science view cooperation on environmental problems (likelihood, effectiveness, impact, etc.)?

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

In what ways do national governments attempt to work together to solve global environmental problems? What are some challenges working against this cooperation and what are the ways in which they have successfully cooperated?

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Question 4

What incident essentially ended the construction of new nuclear plants in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  The accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station in 1979
B)  The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
C)  The accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986
D)  The 1969 Cuyahoga River fire outside ClevelandE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Why is the world facing such unprecedented population growth? How does world population growth impact consumption growth and resource supply and demand? How does world population growth work against environmental sustainability?

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Question 6

Which of the following countries pioneered the use of biofuels as a means of energy independence after the global energy crisis of 1973?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canada
B)  The United States
C)  Brazil
D)  VenezuelaE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Which environmental agreement has been considered a success?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Montreal Protocol
B)  The Convention on Biological Diversity
C)  The Kyoto Protocol
D)  The Copenhagen Summit AgreementE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which country is today the world's largest ethanol producer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brazil
B)  The United States
C)  Canada
D)  VenezuelaE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Which of the following treaties was signed at the Rio Summit in 1992?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Montreal Protocol
B)  The Convention on Biological Diversity
C)  The Kyoto Protocol
D)  The Convention to Combat DesertificationE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 10

The view of international environmental problems as collective action problems fits well with which of the following international relations theories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Realism
B)  Liberalism
C)  Feminism
D)  Economic structuralismE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Which of the following is a generalized factor that influences the difficulty in solving collective action problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  The number of actors
B)  Replicability
C)  Internet access
D)  ReciprocityE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

According to geographer Jared Diamond, if people in the developing world were to consume as much as the average American, in terms of the consumption of resources it would be as if the total world population exceeded how many people?

Accepted Answer

A)  23 billion people
B)  41 billion people
C)  54 billion people
D)  72 billion peopleE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following is a transnational environmental problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Global warming
B)  Biodiversity loss
C)  Overpopulation
D)  Pollution of waterways that border more than one countryE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 14

What has the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) played an important role in?

Accepted Answer

A)  Creating hysteria among the world's population
B)  Creating uncertainty in the presentation of scientific data on climate change
C)  Providing scientific evidence on the certainty of global warming
D)  Discounting the evidence that human activity is a cause of global warmingE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

In 1962, Silent Spring was published by Rachel Carson. What was the main subject of the book?

Accepted Answer

A)  The deadly fog that gripped London, England in the mid-1950s
B)  The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Ukraine earlier that year
C)  The creation of the Yosemite National Park in California as a conservationist's paradise
D)  The effects of pesticide use on human and animal healthE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Why was cooperation to limit gases that deplete the ozone layer possible?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because science on this problem became indisputable
B)  Because rich countries decided to subsidize the economic costs of this treaty
C)  Due to U.S. influence
D)  Because of the role of the United Nations on this issueE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Which of the following accidents was one of the first cases to bring environmental issues together with the questions of poverty and development?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown in the late 1900s in Ukraine
B)  The Bhopal chemical leak in India in the early 1980s
C)  The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan
D)  The Aswan Dam collapse in Egypt in the mid-1950sE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

What is the largest amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested each year without reducing the amount that can be harvested in future years is called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maximum sustainable yield
B)  Energetic capacity
C)  Collective yield
D)  Maximum capacityE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

External costs that force costs (in terms, for example, of polluted air or water) onto others are also known as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Non-excludable issues
B)  Collective action problems
C)  Negative externalities
D)  Non-rival goodsE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

What has been the recent trend of birthrates in Japan, Russia, and much of Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Birthrates have increased dramatically
B)  Birthrates have remained the same
C)  Birthrates have declined slightly
D)  Birthrates have declined dramaticallyE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Exam 14: The Global Environment and International Politics

What has the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) played an important role in?

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Which of the following statements about China is not true?

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How does each of the main theories of political science view cooperation on environmental problems (likelihood, effectiveness, impact, etc.)?

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What is the largest amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested each year without reducing the amount that can be harvested in future years is called?

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External costs that force costs (in terms, for example, of polluted air or water) onto others are also known as which of the following?

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In 1962, Silent Spring was published by Rachel Carson. What was the main subject of the book?

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Which of the following is a generalized factor that influences the difficulty in solving collective action problems?

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What incident essentially ended the construction of new nuclear plants in the United States?

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The view of international environmental problems as collective action problems fits well with which of the following international relations theories?

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Which environmental agreement has been considered a success?

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Which country is today the world's largest ethanol producer?

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Why is the world facing such unprecedented population growth? How does world population growth impact consumption growth and resource supply and demand? How does world population growth work against environmental sustainability?

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Why was cooperation to limit gases that deplete the ozone layer possible?

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Which of the following countries pioneered the use of biofuels as a means of energy independence after the global energy crisis of 1973?

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According to geographer Jared Diamond, if people in the developing world were to consume as much as the average American, in terms of the consumption of resources it would be as if the total world population exceeded how many people?

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Which of the following is a transnational environmental problem?

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Which of the following treaties was signed at the Rio Summit in 1992?

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