Environmental Sociology Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Environmental Sociology explores the complex relationships between societies and their natural environments, examining how social structures, cultural values, and political processes shape and are shaped by the natural world. The course investigates topics such as environmental justice, sustainability, resource consumption, environmental movements, and the role of technology in addressing ecological challenges. Through critical analysis of case studies and sociological theories, students gain insight into human impacts on the environment and the social factors influencing environmental decision-making, policy, and advocacy at local, national, and global levels.
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Environment and Society 5th Edition by Charles L. Harper
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Chapter 1: Environment, human Systems, and Social Science
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Q1) While the Dominant Western Worldview affects developed,industrialized societies,it has little impact on the less developed nations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) _________ refers to human definitions and interpretations of the biophysical environment.
A)Dualism
B)Idealism
C)Rationality
D)Cognized environment
Answer: D
Q3) _________ claimed that the unseen hand of the marketplace would produce the best economic and social outcomes.
A)David Ricardo
B)Adam Smith
C)Thomas Malthus
D)Karl Marx
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Humans and the Resources of the Earth:
Sources and Sinks
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Q1) Since 1975,the U.S.per capita use of water has continued to increase at a dramatic rate.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which region is most likely to erupt in "water wars"?
A)the American southwest
B)Central Africa
C)the Middle East
D)Southeast Asia
Answer: C
Q3) According to Harper,it takes _________ tons of water to produce one ton of grain.
A)10
B)100
C)500
D)1,000
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Climate Change, science, and Risk
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Q1) The greenhouse effect can be used to explain the cold climate of Mars.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Nicholas Stern's assessment of climate change concluded that it is:
A)better to adapt to climate change than to mitigate it.
B)better to mitigate climate change than to wait to adapt to it.
C)not really clear that climate change is actually taking place
D)none of the above
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following statements are true of climate?
A)Climate is relatively easy to understand.Therefore,most meteorological forecasts are extremely accurate.
B)Climate and weather are interchangeable terms.
C)Studies clearly support the notion that climate evolved independently of life forms.
D)Climate is impossible to experience directly.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Energy and Society
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Q1) Research on household energy consumption shows that consumers quickly respond to price changes in the cost of energy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The U.S.remains strategically interested in the Persian Gulf because it imports most of its oil from that region.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Attitude-behavior studies of household energy consumption found discrepancies between consumers' attitudes and their behaviors.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following are problems associated with ethanol?
A)Rising ethanol prices for fuel have the unintended effect of increasing food costs.
B)When combined with petroleum,ethanol increases greenhouse emissions quite dramatically.
C)Farmers reap fewer profits when ethanol is used for fuel.
D)all of the above
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Chapter 5: Population, environment, and Food
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Q1) A person's gender is correlated with their access to food.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A central tenet of neoclassical economic theory is that:
A)resource scarcity leads to human inventiveness to find appropriate substitutions.
B)there are limits to human inventiveness,so that at some point,a diminishing resource base will prove to be insurmountable.
C)large multinational corporations are responsible for most of the world's environmental destruction and degradation problems.
D)a and b
E)b and c
Q3) Neo-Malthusians believe that there are actual limits to the physical capacity of the planet to sustain growth.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the concept of biotechnology and its risks.How and in what ways are genetically modified foods different from those that might result from natural processes?
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Chapter 6: Globalization, inequality, and Sustainability
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Q1) The World Bank functions to:
A)assist financial development in poor nations by providing them with aid.
B)insure that inflation in one nation does not spread to other nations.
C)settle trade disputes between nations.
D)ensure that North America is a tariff-free trade zone.
Q2) Which of the following are examples of major social transformations?
A)the Marshall Plan
B)the outlawing of slavery
C)the abandonment of feudalism in Japan
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q3) Seventeenth-century mercantilism is synonymous with today's economic nationalism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Affluence and poverty each present threats to the environment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast the LG and EM approaches to the environment.Which is more compelling,and why?
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Chapter 7: Transforming Structures: Markets and Politics
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Q1) Rivers,air,and groundwater are considered to be:
A)private property.
B)common property.
C)government property.
D)public property.
Q2) Economic markets bring investors,producers,sellers,and buyers together to distribute goods and services.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Technological and behavioral "fixes" can be either regulatory or nonregulatory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Because the market defines the price of resources in the tradable environmental allowances system,it is often more effective than green taxes,which must be set up by the government.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe significant trends showing that the regulatory state is under attack in the U.S.Be sure to provide specific examples.
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Chapter 8: Environmentalism: Ideology and Collective Action
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Q1) The conservation movement of the 1860s was the first identifiable environmental movement in the U.S.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which person spearheaded a scientific management approach to natural resources?
A)Audubon
B)Leopold
C)Muir
D)Pinchot
Q3) The Christian stewardship perspective emphasizes the importance of caring for the environment because it is God's creation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Conservationism found its greatest support from the:
A)upper classes.
B)upper and upper-middle classes.
C)middle classes.
D)working poor.
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Q5) Compare and contrast environmentalism in LDCs with that in MDCs.
Q6) Describe the history of countermovements (anti-environmentalism) in the U.S.
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