Deck 17: Economic Sociology

Question 1

_____ is responsible for the most C0₂ emissions.

A) Energy
B) Agricultural Byproducts
C) Land use
D) Waste

Answer 1

A

Question 2

______ gases prevent heat from leaving the earth, warming the earth.

A) Hothouse
B) Sauna
C) Bubble
D) Greenhouse

Answer 2

D

Question 3

C0₂ levels began to skyrocket as a result of the _______ revolution.

A) American
B) Industrial
C) Neolithic
D) Modern

Answer 3

B

Question 4

From 1796-2006, world coal production has increased ______-fold.

A) 2
B) 10
C) 200
D) 800

Question 5

Which continent has the highest amount of green-house gas emissions per person?

A) North America
B) Oceania
C) Europe
D) Asia

Question 6

Which country has the highest amount of green-house gas emissions per person?

A) The USA
B) Qatar
C) China
D) India

Question 7

Which active device consumes the most power _____?

A) TV
B) DVD Player
C) Xbox
D) Vacuum cleaner

Question 8

Which is not a way to reduce CO₂ emissions?

A) Eat vegetarian
B) Drive faster
C) Use fluorescent or led lights
D) Use solar panels

Question 9

As a result of global warming _______.

A) Drier regions are getting wetter and vice versa
B) The earth as a whole is getting wetter
C) Wetter regions are getting wetter, and drier regions are getting drier
D) The earth as a whole is getting drier

Question 10

_______ is the largest user of water.

A) The service industry
B) Individuals
C) Municipal employees
D) Agriculture

Question 11

It takes ______ liters of water to produce a kilogram of beef.

A) 15
B) 150
C) 15,000
D) 5

Question 12

Which country consumes the most water per person?

A) The USA
B) Ghana
C) Japan
D) Argentina

Question 13

Which country has the most water scarcity?

A) The USA
B) Ghana
C) Japan
D) Argentina

Question 14

Since 1970 the biodiversity in freshwater fish species has ______.

A) Tripled
B) Doubled
C) Halved
D) Increased immeasurably

Question 15

Which is not a current environmental problem?

A) Water Shortages
B) Climate change
C) Deforestation
D) Biodiversity increases

Question 16

______ tries to take advantage of a public good.

A) A free rider
B) An easy rider
C) A lone rider
D) A smooth rider

Question 17

_______ is an incentive to individuals for contributing to the common good.

A) A biased incentive
B) An arbitrary incentive
C) A selective incentive
D) A Common good grant

Question 18

Which is not an environmental lobby group?

A) The Sierra club
B) Nature Conservancy
C) The World Wild life fund
D) The NAACP

Question 19

Which is not a method organizations use to get people to contribute to their causes?

A) Discounts
B) Insurance
C) Magazine subscriptions
D) Forced cooperation

Question 20

______ is when people are faced with a crisis and think there is no way out.

A) Fermat's predicament
B) Mobilizer's dilemma
C) The Exxon-Valdez effect
D) The pessimist plunge

Question 21

In 1907 _______ essentially saved the banking system.

A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Bear Stearns
C) J.P.Morgan
D) Paul Volcker

Question 22

Which is an advantage to carbon-trading permits?

A) A hopeful decrease in overall carbon emissions
B) Increased corruption
C) Greater power of lobby groups
D) Greater economic inefficiencies

Question 23

______ is not a suggested way to solve climate change.

A) Electric public transportation
B) Electrical and solar heat for homes
C) Wood fire stoves for homes
D) Green energy generation

Question 24

A _____ good is a good available to all.

A) Public
B) Successful
C) Recitative
D) Circumstantial

Question 25

The Diaspora of Humans out of Africa occurred millions of years ago.

Question 26

The fuel of the Industrial Revolution in England was coal.

Question 27

Most people do not use coal, directly or indirectly.

Question 28

Coal production has skyrocketed in the last century.

Question 29

CO₂ emissions have gone down in the last century.

Question 30

Living standards have increased as a result of the Industrial Revolution.

Question 31

Greenhouse gases cool the earth.

Question 32

Asia has the most greenhouse gas emissions per person in the world.

Question 33

The USA has the most greenhouse gas emissions per person of any country in the world.

Question 34

Vacuums consume a lot of energy compared to other household appliances.

Question 35

Jeep Commanders are very fuel efficient cars.

Question 36

Global warming appears to be slowing the hydrolic cycle.

Question 37

A faster hydrolic cycle often leads to more droughts.

Question 38

Australia has been in drought conditions for 10 years.

Question 39

The Rio Grande river no longer reaches the sea.

Question 40

Population growth in poor countries often reduces deforestation.

Question 41

Deforestation is associated with decreases in biodiversity.

Question 42

"Green" Electricity is a possible solution for climate change.

Question 43

Lighthouses are an example of a common good.

Question 44

Selective incentives are a way for the government to solve common good problems.

Question 45

Organizations are forbidden from offering selective incentives for people to join their group.

Question 46

JP Morgan famously averted a banking crisis in the 1950s.

Question 47

An environmental organization can be considered a public good.

Question 48

A free rider tries to take advantage of a public good.

Question 49

Reforestation overcompensates for deforestation in poor countries.

Question 50

What was the problem with the commons?

Question 51

How does global warming cause drought?

Question 52

How has global warming and deforestation lessened biodiversity?

Question 53

Describe ways to reduce your CO₂ emissions.

Question 54

Name 3 countries that produce a lot of greenhouse gases per person.

Question 55

What are positive consequences of the Industrial revolution?

Question 56

What are negative consequences of the Industrial revolution?

Question 57

How have CO₂ levels changed over the past 200 years?

Question 58

What are possible solutions to climate change?

Question 59

What are the negative consequences of carbon-trading laws?

Question 60

How do lobby groups obtain contributions?

Question 61

Give an example of a person who single-handedly solved a collection action problem.How did he do this?

Question 62

What human activities contribute to global warming? What are some of the problems associated with global warming?

Question 63

Describe the problem of the tragedy of the commons, and possible solutions to it.