Deck 5: Consequences of Global Warming

Question 1

How many well-known diseases have reemerged or spread geographically since 1973?

A) 20
B) 10
C) 50
D) 100

Answer 1

20

Question 2

How many new diseases, without cures, have been identified since 1973?

A) more than 80
B) at least 30
C) less than 20
D) only 5

Answer 2

at least 30

Question 3

How many factors did Bowen and Chalk (2003) identify that make the contemporary world particularly vulnerable to pathogens?

A) 12
B) 22
C) 3
D) 5

Answer 3

5

Question 4

It is estimated that _________ of the 60,000-70,000 sex workers in Mumbai have contracted HIV.

A) 75%
B) 50%
C) 90%
D) 20%

Question 5

The post-2000 period when dependence on livestock increased is known as:

A) the Great Farming
B) the Farming Revolution
C) the Livestock Revolution
D) the Holy Cow period

Question 6

Diseases that spread from animals to humans, and vice versa, are known as:

A) Zoofingers
B) Zootoes
C) Zooears
D) Zoonoses

Question 7

Approximately how many known zoonotic diseases exist?

A) 100
B) 600
C) 50
D) 1,000

Question 8

Examples of zoonotic diseases include:

A) malaria
B) ebola
C) Lyme disease
D) b & c

Question 9

According to the text, the end of World War I may have been hastened due to the effects of:

A) malaria
B) the bubonic plague
C) the flu
D) yellow fever

Question 10

According to the text, the AIDS epidemic has claimed approximately _________ lives worldwide.

A) 20 million
B) 20 billion
C) 1 billion
D) 300 million

Question 11

The strain of tuberculosis we are dealing with today is:

A) the same as the one in the past
B) weaker than the one from the past
C) increasingly resistant to intervention
D) Tuberculosis is not a problem today.

Question 12

In 2010, the World Health Organization observed _________ documented cases of malaria.

A) 10 million
B) 216 million
C) 55 million
D) 113 million

Question 13

On a global level, what percentage of greenhouse gases is livestock responsible for?

A) 2
B) 6
C) 25
D) 18

Question 14

Zoonoses are associated with:

A) vertebrates
B) invertebrates
C) mollusks
D) sea mammals

Question 15

Which disease is NOT zoonotic:

A) sleeping sickness
B) malaria
C) TB
D) ebola

Question 16

Pathogens can affect state security by:

A) weakening militaries
B) limiting peacekeeping operations
C) decreasing citizen morale
D) all of the above

Question 17

Overuse of antibiotics has led to:

A) pathogenic natural selection
B) the rise of "supergenes"
C) weaker viruses
D) a & b

Question 18

In 2000, what percentage of the world's population lived in cities?

A) 40
B) 10
C) 80
D) 30

Question 19

The emergence of new disease strains and the reemergence of older strains in more virulent forms is referred to as the:

A) second wave
B) fourth wave
C) third wave
D) last wave

Question 20

In the United States, a slight increase in overall temperature will allow mosquitoes carrying dengue fever to survive as far north as:

A) Virginia
B) New York City
C) Delaware
D) North Carolina

Question 21

Describe how disease pathogens can be linked to an increase in crime.

Question 22

Briefly describe the effects of the AIDS epidemic on state stability in Africa and discuss how neighboring countries were affected.

Question 23

Discuss how AIDS is linked with human rights abuses.

Question 24

Describe two of the human security threats identified by Brower and Chalk (2003).

Question 25

Choose three of the primary zoonotic diseases, describe how climate change can affect their range, and the implications for human security.