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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Plagues of Warming" - "Systems".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many workers have been seriously injured in the U.S. by heat alone since 1992?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 20,000.

2. The recent Great Recession (2008) lowered the global GDP by about wht percentage in a onetime shock?
(a) 12%.
(b) 9%.
(c) 2%.
(d) 16%.

3. What word from Part I: Cascades refers to the explanation of phenomenon by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes?
(a) Endography.
(b) Teleology.
(c) Phylology.
(d) Vectorology.

4. When did Hurricane Andrew hit Florida?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2012.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1992.

5. Yellow fever is estimated to kill approximately what percentage of those infected?
(a) 3-8%.
(b) 8-10%.
(c) 2-4%.
(d) 10-12%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is cited in Part I: Cascades as the theorist who called climate change a "hyperobject" (17)?

2. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?

3. When did Hurricane Mitch strike Central America?

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

5. 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"?

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