Deck 15: The Environment

Question 1

Oil pipelines are_______ .

A) always an environmental disaster
B) result in oversupply of oil
C) used for natural gas along with oil
D) sometimes necessary

Answer 1

sometimes necessary

Question 2

Chad and Cameroon are_______ .

A) fictional countries in our case study
B) Asian nations
C) African nations
D) South American nations

Answer 2

African nations

Question 3

The World Bank_______ .

A) was founded to help traditionally poor nations
B) has never been the subject of scandal
C) was founded to rebuild Europe after war
D) lends money to every country in the world

Answer 3

was founded to rebuild Europe after war

Question 4

Thomas Malthus was an economist best known for:

A) his unbridled optimism
B) monetary theory
C) social reform
D) his pessimism about the future

Question 5

Agricultural labor force corresponds to standard of living:

A) Not at all
B) Exactly
C) Directly
D) Inversely

Question 6

Raw materials have not yet run out due to _______.

A) continuing discovery
B) conservation
C) recycling
D) lack of use

Question 7

A rise in price generally indicates_______ .

A) scarcity
B) abundance
C) indifference
D) gouging

Question 8

Steven Kelman believes cost-benefit analysis should be applied to:

A) The environment
B) Safety
C) Health regulation
D) All of the above

Question 9

Cost-benefit calculations require_______ .

A) ethical benefits
B) a common measure
C) a supercomputer
D) trade in all things being measured

Question 10

William McDonough describes our use of resources without regard to effect on future generations as_______ .

A) self-reliance
B) intergenerational remote tyranny
C) belief in later generational superiority
D) a natural right

Question 11

The environment has to be everyone's top concern at all times.

Question 12

Chad is a rich country.

Question 13

ExxonMobil has an environmental policy.

Question 14

Length of human life has dramatically increased since 1700.

Question 15

Although there may be less farmland now, existing farmland is more productive than ever before.

Question 16

Political and economic freedom lead to the expansion of resource availability.

Question 17

Steven Kelman believes that in areas of health regulations there may be instances where a decision might be right even though its benefits do not outweigh its costs.

Question 18

We must stop using all resources and save everything for future generations.

Question 19

Thomas Jefferson believed in natural rights.

Question 20

"To sustain" and "to restore" mean the same thing.