History of the Environment Questions

Dr. Sacoby Wilson uses these tools ____ to work in the field known as spatial epidemiology Slides 39-43

What are influences on food production costs?A) Distance to marketsB) Cost of oilC) All of theseD) Labor costs

Infectious diseases cause around ___% of human deaths worldwide

When did the world start to recover from the black death? same period as teh Mongol's decline.

Judith A. Carney, Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001), 69-106.- Alternative Formats

David Graeber and David Wengrow, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (New York: Picador, 2021), 229-241, 247-248.- Alternative Formats

Is the Anthropocene the result of the activities of humans or the activities of some of us?

Problems with overproduction of food include all of the following except:A) Increased agricultural runoffB) Increased water pollutionC) Increased prices for food itemsD) Increased food waste

___ researched the outbreaks of Cholera in London in 1854

Which continent had the highest percentage of its countries with high death rates from diarrheal diseases in 2019?

Biological, chemical, or physical factors in the environment that threaten the health of humans and living things

All microorganisms are pathogenic for humans (True/False)

When were the only 2 times in global history that the production of new plastics decreased?

The ability to have cheap animal protein as part of developed nations' diets includes reliance on high density feedlots that pack animals into tight spaces, causing an accumulation of wastes. What are some consequences of this accumulation?A) Surface water contamination from runoffB) Contamination of groundwater due to leachingC) Species loss in nearby surface waters due to eutrophicationD) All of these are consequences of feedlots

What are 3 common respiratory diseases and what is the magnitude of the effect of respiratory diseases on humans across the world?

How is the human population close to a point of no return?A) Causing ecological damage that leads to climate changeB) Living beyond its meansC) Poorly using agricultural lands to feed an increasing populationD) All answers are correct

When did professional biologists begin to quest predator control?

How has global population growth over the past century affected the environment?A) Only humans in developed nations impact the environmentB) Humans have no impact on the environmentC) Humans have contributed to environmental degradation and climate changeD) Human population growth has improved the environment overall

Millennium Development Goals include, but are not limited to, all of the following exceptA) Let everyone drive a big carB) Promote gender equalityC) Ensure environmental sustainabilityD) Eradicate extreme poverty

Approximately 17,000 species are in danger of becoming extinct. What are some causes?A) Resource consumption rate being too high, invasive speciesB) Climate change, loss of habitatC) All of theseD) None of these