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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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 Pacific Northwest.
(c) The U.S. west of the Rockies.
(d) The U.S. east of the Rockies.

2. When did Roger Revelle die?
(a) 1991.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2011.

3. How many natural disasters hit the Philippines between 2006 and 2013?
(a) 75.
(b) 34.
(c) 85.
(d) 65.

4. Approximately how many square miles were burned by wildfires in California in 2018?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 1,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many deaths in China were attributed to smog in 2013?

2. In 1850, the area of Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. How many are left today?

3. Who wrote The Population Bomb?

4. Who has served as the President of the People's Republic of China since 2013?

5. How much land does Louisiana lose to the sea every hour?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do CCS and BECCS refer to?

2. Why is the idea of shifting agriculture northward as the planet warms not a reasonable goal, based on the author's assertions in "Hunger"?

3. How would the United States change at six degrees Celsius of global warming, according to the author in "Heat Death"?

4. Describe the Thomas Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?

5. What is the Paris Agreement? When was it ratified?

6. What does the United Nations project for food supply and demand in 2050?

7. Describe the extreme weather events of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere.

8. How is the air quality index quantified? What does it relate?

9. What is the relationship between Syria and climate change, according to the author?

10. Describe the Camp Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?

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