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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Minnessota during the 2000s, winter ticks helped drop the moose population by what percentage?
2. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to people seeking "evidence for what we already understand to be true, such as the promise that human life will endure, rather than the cognitive pain of reconceptualizing our world" (188)?
3. What term in "Crisis Capitalism" refers to an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fufill a particular purpose?
4. Where did Guy McPherson begin his career as a conservation biologist?
5. What percent of the world's mammals (by weight) are currently wild?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is permafrost?
2. What is UNICEF?
3. What is the Belt and Road Initiative?
4. What is Zika and what are its effects?
5. What is malaria and how many people does it kill each year?
6. What is the ambiguity effect?
7. When did the Black Death occur and what was its fallout?
8. What does "anchoring" refer to in behavioral psychology?
9. What are some of the examples of climate devastation presented on-screen discussed in "Storytelling"?
10. Describe the ideological contrast between China and Russia in terms of climate change.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the effects of climate change on mental health. What correlations have been found between cognitive ability and global temperatures? How do carbon emissions affect thinking? How do they affect emotions and mental illnesses such as schizophrenia?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss agriculture as it relates to climate change. How has agriculture in the U.S. and other countries changed as a result of global warming in the past century? How is it expected to change in the future? What are some of the biggest concerns regarding agriculture in a warming ecosystem?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the threat of prehistoric plagues as a result of global warming. Where are these prehistoric plagues hidden? How have they been discovered? What threats do they present in the next century?
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