Deck 4: Modeling the Relationship Between Global Warming, Violence, and Crime

Question 1

Environmental scarcity can be:

A) supply induced
B) demand induced
C) structurally related
D) all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

Examples of nonrenewable resources include:

A) solar energy
B) oil
C) coal
D) b & c

Answer 2

b & c

Question 3

Homer-Dixon noted that 67% of the world's poor are:

A) urban
B) rural
C) suburban
D) dependent on fishing

Answer 3

rural

Question 4

The Ogallala reservoir is located in:

A) the Great Plains
B) the Pacific Northwest
C) New England
D) the Southeast

Question 5

People who voluntarily leave an area because it is no longer viable are known as:

A) refugees
B) nomads
C) migrants
D) picky

Question 6

The largest internal migration in the history of the United States is known as:

A) the Great Move
B) the Great Shift
C) the Amazing race
D) the Great Migration

Question 7

People who are forced off their land are known as:

A) migrants
B) refugees
C) outcasts
D) none of the above

Question 8

The theory that asserts that typical human behavior creates opportunity for routine criminal behavior is called:

A) strain theory
B) social disorganization
C) social control theory
D) routine activities

Question 9

When a state is under sustained pressure, its first response is usually:

A) softening
B) retreating
C) hardening
D) falling apart

Question 10

Examples of constrained economic activity include:

A) agriculture impacted by drought
B) migration from rural locations to urban locations
C) soil erosion
D) all of the above

Question 11

Actual or anticipated failure to achieve positively valued goals is the basic concept of:

A) strain theory
B) social disorganization
C) routine activities
D) none of the above

Question 12

Climate-induced strain, according to Agnew, can include:

A) temperature and negative responses
B) extreme weather events
C) forced migrations
D) all of the above

Question 13

Lower social control can ultimately lead to:

A) increase in conformity
B) increases in crime
C) increases in employment
D) decreased social disorganization

Question 14

In routine activities, how many elements must be present in order for crime to be likely:

A) two
B) one
C) three
D) four

Question 15

Sociologists and criminologists use the Gini index to:

A) measure inequality in a society
B) measure crime in a neighborhood
C) measure the effects of climate change
D) They do not use it at all.

Question 16

The United States is facing:

A) an increase in the younger population
B) an increase in the sick population
C) an increase in the aging population
D) a decrease in the aging population

Question 17

In 1973, oil was established as central to U.S. national security interests through the:

A) Reagan Doctrine
B) Bush Doctrine
C) Koch Doctrine
D) Carter Doctrine

Question 18

Currently, how many people do not have access to clean drinking water?

A) a few million
B) more than a billion
C) several hundred thousand
D) several tens of thousands

Question 19

According to some estimates, the fastest growing illicit business in the world is:

A) drug trafficking
B) prostitution
C) human trafficking
D) cock fighting

Question 20

According to the text, gang strengthening can particularly be a problem for areas that:

A) lose citizens to migration
B) increase security measures
C) invest in alternative energies
D) none of the above

Question 21

Choose a criminological theory discussed in the chapter, describe it, and discuss how it relates to the effects of climate change.

Question 22

Choose three of the routine crimes enhanced by migration and discuss the potential consequences.

Question 23

Choose two climate-related strains and discuss how they can reduce social control.

Question 24

Discuss the topic of climate-induced scarcities and provide two examples that have been experienced in the United States.

Question 25

Using the Homer-Dixon model, describe the basics of environmental scarcity and how it can lead to violence.