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Quiz: Survivalists believe that:
Ans: several planetary boundaries have already been exceeded.
Quiz: An early survivalist published a book in 1968 entitled The
Population Bomb. Who was the author?
Ans: Paul Ehrlich
Quiz: Which of the following is an example of a tragedy of the
commons?
Ans: the depletion of codfish stocks in the Grand Banks
Quiz: There are a number of explanations for declining birth rates in
most countries of the developed world? Which is NOT one of them?
Ans: government policies to curb population growth
Quiz: In which part of the world is population growth the highest?
Ans: sub-Saharan Africa
Quiz: The argument in the Limits to Growth publication in 1972, a book
that argued that economic and population growth cannot continue in
a world with finite resources, was based upon:
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,Ans: a simulation or mathematical model that included many assumptions,
such as those regarding the stock of natural resources
Quiz: The views of survivalists regarding environmental problems have
changed somewhat over the years. What has changed?
Ans: early survivalists argued that only the strong authority of central
governments could deal with environmental problems; later survivalists see
additional ways to deal with environmental problems
Quiz: The metaphor of the lily pond is used for the purpose of
demonstrating the difficulty that humans have in:
Ans: understanding exponential growth and the problems it creates.
Quiz: Which of the following is NOT one of the nine planetary
boundaries?
Ans: minerals depletion
Quiz: What appears to be the main reason why the following organized
religions (Catholic, Muslim, Protestant Fundamentalist) oppose the
discourse of survivalism?
Ans: opposition to birth control and the full equality of women
Quiz: Over human evolutionary history, how were human populations
mostly kept in check?
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,Ans: both density and density independent forces
Quiz: The population growth curve is:
Ans: logistic
Quiz: The ideas of Malthus regarding a human future of "misery,
starvation, and death" so far have proven to be wrong because:
Ans: of better technology and higher economic productivity.
Quiz: Scientists keep track over time of the concentration of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere. What do recent measures indicate about
the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Ans: around 400 ppm and rising
Quiz: When did global human populations first begin to noticeably
increase exponentially?
Ans: with the advent of the agricultural revolution
Quiz: Why has it proven difficult for sovereign states to cooperate on
various global environmental problems ?
Ans: all of these are reasons
Quiz: What is a major positive contribution of the survivalist discourse?
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, Ans: it has focused attention on global commons problems, such as climate
change
Quiz: The environmental discourse that economic growth is good and
that it can continue forever is today the dominant environmental
discourse.
Ans: True
Quiz: Among environmental discourses, the growth forever discourse
shows the least concern for the possible environmental consequences
of continued economic growth.
Ans: True
Quiz: There is little or no evidence to support the view of the growth
forever discourse that the market system has and will continue to lead
to improvements in human welfare.
Ans: False
Quiz: The growth forever discourse is very optimistic
Ans: True
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