Deck 4: The Human Sphere

Question 1

Agriculture first developed during the most recent Ice Age.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Civilization began to develop around the end of the last Ice Age.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Population can continue to grow even if the growth rate falls.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A demographic transition occurs when a country's birth rate suddenly increases.

Question 5

Empowerment of young women is a key to stabilizing population in developing countries.

Question 6

Ecological economics, a discipline merging economics and ecology, sees the economy as a subsystem of the biosphere.

Question 7

The Genuine Progress Indicator is a measure of economic activity that is an alternative to GDP.

Question 8

Ecosystem services are always measured in dollars.

Question 9

Economic growth is not sustainable.

Question 10

Failed states often have negative impacts on ecosystems.

Question 11

Carrying capacity is

A) the mass of plants and animals within an area
B) the number of plants and animals within an area
C) the maximum number of individuals an environment can support
D) the total energy produced within an area

Question 12

IPAT stands for

A) industrial pollution and technology
B) impact, population, affluence, and technology
C) increased population after transition

Question 13

The Industrial Revolution was launched by the discovery of

A) coal
B) gasoline
C) interchangeable parts
D) fertilizer

Question 14

Following the agricultural revolution, the size of the human population

A) increased
B) decreased

Question 15

Following the industrial revolution, the size of the human population

A) increased
B) decreased

Question 16

If a population is growing at a rate of 1 percent per year, using the Rule of 70 the population will double in

A) 7 years
B) 10 years
C) 35 years
D) 70 years

Question 17

In addition to family planning, another factor that helps to slow population growth is

A) education
B) antibiotics
C) clean water
D) increased crop yields

Question 18

Economic growth is a good measure of

A) employment levels
B) the amount of money changing hands
C) the amount of increase in well-being
D) all of the above

Question 19

An economy is

A) a system for allocating resources
B) a method of measuring growth
C) a way of valuing ecosystem services
D) a way of measuring how much is bought and sold

Question 20

The difference between economic growth and development is

A) nothing; they are the same
B) one is quantitative, one is qualitative
C) they are similar, but development occurs more gradually
D) they are similar, but development occurs more rapidly