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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. The author notes in "Systems" that soldiers returning home from war are estimated to suffer from PTSD at rates between what percentages?

2. What word from "Storytelling" means to collect or form into a mass or group?

3. Approximately how many people die from malaria each year currently (as of 2018)?

4. Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize alongside Paul Romer?

5. When did Hurricane Andrew hit Florida?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is yellow fever and what are its effects?

2. How is plastic panic an example of climate parable?

3. What is Zika and what are its effects?

4. What is permafrost?

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

6. What is described as "that basic promise extended by neoliberalism" in "Politics of Consumption" (225)?

7. What is the ambiguity effect?

8. What is malaria and how many people does it kill each year?

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

10. What correlative statistics does the author provide regarding conflict and global warming in "Climate Conflict"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the issue of freshwater scarcity. How much water on the earth is fresh? How much of that water is available for consumption? Why is there a water crisis and how could it be addressed?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impacts of global warming region-by-region if the earth's temperature raises by two degrees Celsius. How would this impact coastal areas? How would inland areas be affected? What regions would be impacted the worst?

Essay Topic 3

What is the Kyoto Protocol? When was it adopted? When was it entered into force? How many parties are there to the Protocol? What is its goal?

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