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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. If the Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees Celsius what region would suffer more from heat than anywhere in the world today?
(a) The U.S. west of the Cascades.
(b) The U.S. west of the Rockies.
(c) The U.S. east of the Rockies.
(d) The Pacific Northwest.

2. How many premature deaths were from small-particulate pollution in 2017 according to a report from The Lancet?
(a) 12 million.
(b) 9 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 7 million.

3. What percent of the world's mammals (by weight) are currently wild?
(a) 9%.
(b) 2%.
(c) 6%.
(d) 4%.

4. According to a 2018 government report, how many people in India face "high to extreme water stress" (107)?
(a) 600 million.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 200 million.
(d) 700 million.

5. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?
(a) 2,342.
(b) 234.
(c) 345.
(d) 739.

Short Answer Questions

1. The United Nations estimates that how much of the global population will live in cities by 2050?

2. How much carbon is said to be contained in the Arctic permafrost in Part I: Cascades?

3. The recent Great Recession (2008) lowered the global GDP by about wht percentage in a onetime shock?

4. What word from "Storytelling" means to collect or form into a mass or group?

5. What percent of the world's landmass was altered by humans between 1992 and 2015?

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