This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Climate Kaleidoscope, "Storytelling" - "The Church of Technology".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The area referred to as America's "tornado alley" has moved how many miles in just 30 years, according to the author in "Disasters No Longer Natural"?
(a) 200.
(b) 400.
(c) 300.
(d) 500.

2. How many carbon emissions was China responsible for in 2017?
(a) 2.7 gigatons.
(b) 5.2 gigatons.
(c) 9.1 gigatons.
(d) 7.5 gigatons.

3. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 55,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 7,000.

4. In 1850, the area of Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. How many are left today?
(a) 36.
(b) 26.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

5. When did the United Nations establish its Framework on Climate Change?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1992.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a 2016 study, from 1980-210 what percentage of conflict in the world's ethnically diverse countries began in months stamped by weather disaster/

2. The Great Depression dropped global GDP by about what percent?

3. Approximately how many people were killed by the 1918 flu?

4. The author states in "Climate Conflict" that climate change has already elevated Africa's risk of conflict by more than what percentage?

5. The author states in Part I: Cascades that all mass extinctions aside from the one that killed off the dinosaurs were caused by what?

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