SOCS 325 Week 4 Midterm

Question: (TCO 1) Climatologists continue to debate global warming. Which of the following is NOT an argument against the global warming hypothesis? Question: (TCO 2) The Conservation Reserve Program was funded in the United States to conserve which of the following precious resources? Question: (TCO 3) Environmental goods and environmental bads are: Question: (TCO 4) According to the economist Fred Hirsch, a “positional good” is a good or commodity: Question: (TCO 5) Although we know that money can’t buy happiness, research in Britain and the United States suggests that: Question: (TCO 6) According to your text, automobiles are implicated in which of the following environmental problems? Question: (TCO 7) Amartya Sen argues that famine is the result of: Question: (TCO 7) What percentage of the world’s current population growth is taking place in poor countries? Question: (TCO 3) What percentage of the world’s original forests remain? Question: (TCO 5) The story of the National City Line (NCL) demonstrates: Essay Type Questions Question : (TCO 1) What environmental threats and issues does environmental sociology and environmental sociologists try to solve? List some. Which are short-term and long-term issues? Pick one of these threats and or issues and describe how you would try to solve it as an environmental sociologist. Question: (TCO 2) Describe the environmental impact of industry and how it influences human health. Provide a few examples of these impacts. Also, describe in detail how some of these environmental risks and disasters impact human health by causing illness and even death. Question: (TCO 4) Describe in detail what consumption is and how it relates to marketing and capitalism. Provide a few examples. Compare and c