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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. When was the country of Pakistan formed?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1962.

2. Globally, about what percentage of freshwater is used for food production and agriculture?
(a) 40-50%.
(b) 70-80%.
(c) 80-90%.
(d) 30-40%.

3. According to the author in "Heat Death," the hottest temperature likely ever recorded in April was registered where in 2018?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Iran.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Pakistan.

4. In 2018, the World Bank estimated that the current path of carbon emissions would sharply diminish the living condition of how many people living throughout South Asia?
(a) 500 million.
(b) 700 million.
(c) 800 million.
(d) 900 million.

5. According to the author in "Climate Conflict," "Over the last decade, researchers have even managed to quantify some of the nonobvious relationships between temperature and violence: for every half degree of warming, they say, societies will see" between what percent increase in the likelihood of armed conflict (152)?
(a) Between 10-20%.
(b) Between 30-40%.
(c) Between 5-8%.
(d) Between 20-30%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the planet's coal-power capacity does China command?

2. When did the United Nations establish its Framework on Climate Change?

3. When was Norman Borlaug born?

4. How many people were evacuated from mainland China due to the Typhoon Mangkhut?

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

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