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

2. Approximately how many people were killed by the 1918 flu?
(a) 37 million.
(b) 62 million.
(c) 50 million.
(d) 25 million.

3. The author points out in "Politics of Consumption," "Eating organic is nice, in other words, but if your goal is to save the climate" what "is much more important" (224)?
(a) "Driving a car."
(b) "Your vote."
(c) "Dissidence."
(d) "Using plastic."

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

5. The author points out in "Economic Collapse" that "Every round-trip plane ticket from New York to London, keep in mind, costs the Arctic" how many more square meters of ice (147)?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Minnessota during the 2000s, winter ticks helped drop the moose population by what percentage?

2. What is referred as the world's most popular video game that "invites players into a competition for scarce resources during an extreme weather event" (175)?

3. What term used in "Storytelling" refers to action taken to prevent disease, especially be specified means or against a specified disease?

4. What country has the fifth-highest homicate rage in the world today (as of 2018)?

5. The Black Death killed as much as what percent of the population of Europe, according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the Black Death occur and what was its fallout?

2. How does climate change affect economy?

3. What does "anchoring" refer to in behavioral psychology?

4. Why is the narrative of climate change difficult to translate to film?

5. What is the Belt and Road Initiative?

6. Who was David Buckel and why is he discussed in the book?

7. How many people were affected by the 1918 flu? What statistics for the plague are cited in "Plagues of Warning"?

8. What is confirmation bias and how does it apply to global warming?

9. What is Lyme disease and how many are affected by it yearly?

10. What is the ambiguity effect?

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