ESS Quiz Questions and Answers Test Bank 2023-2024
Solved Correctly
What are the two most common soil orders in Tennessee?
Alfisols and Ultisols
Yali's question to Jared Diamond was:
Why do white people have so much cargo?
At Tsodilo Hills, Bushmen paintings were catalogued by both paint type and
animal (groupings of species).
True
Soil erosion impacts soil fertility because:
The most fertile part of the soil is eroded
A practical way to stop wind erosion is to:
Build windbreaks with trees every half mile
The two important rivers in ancient Mesopotamia were the:
Tigris and Euphrates
Using ____ irrigation water can often limit the effects of salinization.
More
According to Malthus (1798), population when unchecked, will increase in a
geometric ratio whereas subsistence (i.e., food production) increases in an
arithmetic ratio.
True
Simply stated, if population is allowed to grow unchecked, misery will follow
True
According to Hardin (1968; Tragedy of the Commons), every new enclosure of the
commons involves the infringement of somebody's personal liberty
True
Agricultural production is unaffected by infrastructure improvements (roads,
markets, extension services, railways).
False
Where was Yali from and what was his question?
Papua New Guinea; why do white people have so much cargo
Which of the following are threats to global food production?
All of the answers are correct
- Falling water tables
- Melting of mountain glaciers
- Melting ice sheets
The Global Food Crisis is basically caused by one thing—uncontrolled population
growth.
False
According to Bello (2009), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
had no effect on making Mexico a net food importer.
True
What two countries today comprise most of the area referred to as the Cradle of
Civilization in the Fertile Crescent?
, Iran and Iraq
The Rivers that fed ancient Mesopotamia were the ______.
Euphrates and Tigris
The most remote island we studied so far (and is often said to be the most remote
in the world) was_____.
Easter
Pitcairn, Henderson, and Mangareva Islands were very dissimilar and lacked
basic resources that were overcome through _______.
Trade between the islands
Deforestation is worse on "wet" islands than "dry" islands.
False
__________ was introduced on Easter Island in the late 1800's
Sheep
Although Easter Island was barren when "discovered", recent research proves
that it was really always barren and desolate without any major forests
throughout its history
False
There was evidence of agricultural intensification on Easter Island
True
Islanders from _______ survived by lowering their standard of living
Mangareva
Earliest occupation dates for Easter Island was approximately _____.
900 AD
It is documented that Palestinian, Jordanian, and Syrian farmers never produced
surpluses until the mid-1950s
False
While nearby countries had static or decreasing yields, Israel had yields that were
more than ten-fold higher than at the time of settlement in the late 1940s
True
Dendrochronology is ________
The study of tree ring data
The first humans to reach North America arrived around 1,000 years BC
False
Work in Chaco Canyon and the packrat middens showed that pinyon pines
prehistorically occupied the area although none can be found today
True
Chaco Canyon was abandoned because of both human impact on the
environment and because of drought
True
No Easter Island statues were more than 30 feet long or weighed in excess of 50
tons
False
Sheep were introduced to Easter Island by ______ in the late 1800s
Chile
_______is a hallmark of Indian Agriculture in the US Southwest
Diversity
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What are the two most common soil orders in Tennessee?
Alfisols and Ultisols
Yali's question to Jared Diamond was:
Why do white people have so much cargo?
At Tsodilo Hills, Bushmen paintings were catalogued by both paint type and
animal (groupings of species).
True
Soil erosion impacts soil fertility because:
The most fertile part of the soil is eroded
A practical way to stop wind erosion is to:
Build windbreaks with trees every half mile
The two important rivers in ancient Mesopotamia were the:
Tigris and Euphrates
Using ____ irrigation water can often limit the effects of salinization.
More
According to Malthus (1798), population when unchecked, will increase in a
geometric ratio whereas subsistence (i.e., food production) increases in an
arithmetic ratio.
True
Simply stated, if population is allowed to grow unchecked, misery will follow
True
According to Hardin (1968; Tragedy of the Commons), every new enclosure of the
commons involves the infringement of somebody's personal liberty
True
Agricultural production is unaffected by infrastructure improvements (roads,
markets, extension services, railways).
False
Where was Yali from and what was his question?
Papua New Guinea; why do white people have so much cargo
Which of the following are threats to global food production?
All of the answers are correct
- Falling water tables
- Melting of mountain glaciers
- Melting ice sheets
The Global Food Crisis is basically caused by one thing—uncontrolled population
growth.
False
According to Bello (2009), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
had no effect on making Mexico a net food importer.
True
What two countries today comprise most of the area referred to as the Cradle of
Civilization in the Fertile Crescent?
, Iran and Iraq
The Rivers that fed ancient Mesopotamia were the ______.
Euphrates and Tigris
The most remote island we studied so far (and is often said to be the most remote
in the world) was_____.
Easter
Pitcairn, Henderson, and Mangareva Islands were very dissimilar and lacked
basic resources that were overcome through _______.
Trade between the islands
Deforestation is worse on "wet" islands than "dry" islands.
False
__________ was introduced on Easter Island in the late 1800's
Sheep
Although Easter Island was barren when "discovered", recent research proves
that it was really always barren and desolate without any major forests
throughout its history
False
There was evidence of agricultural intensification on Easter Island
True
Islanders from _______ survived by lowering their standard of living
Mangareva
Earliest occupation dates for Easter Island was approximately _____.
900 AD
It is documented that Palestinian, Jordanian, and Syrian farmers never produced
surpluses until the mid-1950s
False
While nearby countries had static or decreasing yields, Israel had yields that were
more than ten-fold higher than at the time of settlement in the late 1940s
True
Dendrochronology is ________
The study of tree ring data
The first humans to reach North America arrived around 1,000 years BC
False
Work in Chaco Canyon and the packrat middens showed that pinyon pines
prehistorically occupied the area although none can be found today
True
Chaco Canyon was abandoned because of both human impact on the
environment and because of drought
True
No Easter Island statues were more than 30 feet long or weighed in excess of 50
tons
False
Sheep were introduced to Easter Island by ______ in the late 1800s
Chile
_______is a hallmark of Indian Agriculture in the US Southwest
Diversity
