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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. 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/
(a) 12%.
(b) 23%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 34%.

2. What are described by the author as two structures in California that are two quintessential symbols of the imperiousness of American money in "Wildfire"?
(a) Trump Tower and Sears Tower.
(b) The Getty Museum and Rupert Murdoch's Bel-Air estate.
(c) The Museum of Modern Art and Trump Tower.
(d) The Empire State Building and the UN Headquarters.

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

4. According to a 2018 government report, approximately how many people die each year from lacking or contaminated water?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 200,000.

5. What is the approximate temperture of the greater San Francisco Bay Area currently (as of 2018)?
(a) 15 degrees Celcius.
(b) 13 degrees Celcius.
(c) 12 degrees Celcius.
(d) 11 degrees Celcius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the current population of Jakarta (as of 2018)?

2. How many people were killed as a result of Hurricane Mitch in Central America?

3. What does CCS stand for?

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

5. According to a 2018 government report, how many people in India face "high to extreme water stress" (107)?

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