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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What are "autochthonous rights?" (from Chapter 7)

The right to move to a place with a terrrible history and belong there.

The right to belong to a place with a terrible history.

The right to claim authentically to belong to a place.

The right to openly discuss the history of a place even when that history is horrifying.

2.

How to glaciers appear in Inuit stories? (from Chapter 11)

As inert masses of ice and snow.

As the creators of the world.

As actors, with awareness and intentions.

As malevolent forces that swallow people and villages.

3.

What model of forest life did Canadian forest ecologist Suzanne Simard propose in the 1990s? (from Chapter 4)

That forests were competitive systems where the strong survived and the weak perished.

That the collaborative systems of a forest communicate through trees.

That forests were collaborative systems full of interrelationships.

That fungi were the basis of all the systems in the forest.

4.

Why are scientists studied dark matter in a rock salt mine? (from Chapter 3)

Dark matter particles are dangerous and the rock salt keeps them from escaping.

Salt acts as an insulator so that the tiny particles can be detected.

The company that runs the salt mine is also running dark matter experiments for eventual profit.

Rock salt stays stable for a very long time.

5.

Why do archaeologists think people made the dangerous journey to the Kollhellaren caves? (from Third Chamber - Chapter 8)

As a rite of passage and to perform ceremonies.

Because the caves were the most beautiful place in the area.

Because the landscape would preserve their cave paintings.

To test their endurance aganist the landscape.

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