Deck 23: James Gustave Speth, a World of Wounds

Question 1

According to Speth, what consequences do humans, animals, and our planet face with continued worldwide economic growth? Use examples from the reading to support your answer.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Why does Speth assert that "we live in the 21^st century but we live with the 20^th century" ?

Answer 2

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Question 3

What did environmentalist Aldo Leopold mean when he said, "one of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds" ?

Answer 3

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Question 4

Seventy-five percent of the world's people lack sanitary services.

Question 5

Because of global efforts to protect the environment from human impact, biodiversity-the diversity of animal species-is increasing.

Question 6

is the principal climate-altering gas.

A) carbon dioxide
B) nitrogen
C) methane natural gas)
D) oxygen

Question 7

Consequences of human population growth and concomitant increases in its production and expansion include which of the following?

A) environmental deterioration
B) globalization of environmental impacts
C) worldwide economic growth
D) human society assumption of a new ethical position
E) all of the above

Question 8

Which of the following provide evidence of human influences on the environment?

A) depletion of the ozone layer
B) increased concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide
C) increased nitrogen transferred from the atmosphere into biologically active forms
D) devastation of freshwater habitats
E) all of the above

Question 9

Twenty percent of the world's people lack clean drinking water.

Question 10

The world's population is projected to grow by percent over the next 20 years.

A) 60
B) 50
C) 25
D) 5

Question 11

During the 20^th century, worldwide population growth exceeded global economic output.

Question 12

The majority of population growth is occurring .

A) in the developed world.
B) in the developing world.
C) in Northern China.
D) in Eastern Europe.

Question 13

According to Speth, economic expansion disproportionately benefits those who are already "well- to-do".