Sociology of the Environment Review Questions
Course Introduction
Sociology of the Environment explores the complex interactions between human societies and their natural surroundings. The course examines how social structures, cultural beliefs, and economic systems shape environmental attitudes, practices, and policies. Key topics include environmental inequality, the role of social movements in environmental advocacy, the impact of consumption patterns, and global issues such as climate change, resource depletion, and sustainability. Students analyze how power dynamics influence environmental decision-making and learn to critically assess the social dimensions of contemporary environmental challenges. The course encourages the development of sociological perspectives to foster sustainable and equitable relationships between humans and the environment.
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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) In which type of exchange are resources shifted upward so that they can be reallocated?
A)redistribution
B)reciprocity
C)network
D)market
Answer: A
Q2) As discussed in the text,Durkheim thought that the struggle for scarce resources would culminate in:
A)the eventual breakdown and collapse of industrial society.
B)mass starvation.
C)a more complex division of labor.
D)a and b
Answer: C
Q3) The concept of a cognized environment implies a high degree of scientific objectivity with little room for subjective impressions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Humans and the Resources of the Earth:
Sources and Sinks
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Q1) According to conservation biologists,the acronym HIPPCO stands for:
A)Habitat building,Investments,Propagation,Population,Climate change,and Optimism
B)Harmful practices,Investments,Propagation,Population,Climate change,and Optimism
C)Habitat destruction,Invasive species,Pollution,Population,Climate change,and Overharvesting
D)Harmful practices,Inventions,Propagation,Population,Climate change,and Overexpansion
Answer: C
Q2) The United States successfully recycles at least 90% of its packaging waste.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Taxol,a compound from the Yew tree,is used:
A)to treat breast cancer.
B)as an ingredient in petroleum.
C)to relieve pain.
D)to reduce hypertension.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Climate Change, science, and Risk
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Q1) Freon is an environmental hazard because it:
A)releases chlorine atoms that destroy the stratospheric ozone layer.
B)is so unstable that it presents risks to the average consumer.
C)is very expensive.
D)is highly toxic to those who come into contact with it.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following countries have cut their greenhouse emissions the most?
A)the United Kingdom and the U.S.
B)the U.S.and China
C)China and Germany
D)the United Kingdom,China,and Germany
Answer: D
Q3) The strong positive correlation between atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and fluctuations in the earth's mean temperature is a relatively recent phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Energy and Society
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Q1) 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
Q2) Identify and then discuss two of the four dimensions of our current energy predicament.
Q3) Macrolevel studies of energy use in the MDCs shows that shifting to service sectors and technologies that are more efficient can produce economic growth with decreasing energy intensity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Coal is:
A)clean burning.
B)heavily subsidized by the government.
C)very safe to extract and process.
D)all of the above.
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Chapter 5: Population, environment, and Food
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Q1) To date,most of the available evidence supports the Malthusian and neo-Malthusian perspective.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When the Irish came to Boston and New York as immigrants,they came voluntarily.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Strategies for increasing food production and supplies include:
A)bringing more land into production.
B)increasing the use of pesticides.
C)biotechnology.
D)all of the above
E)b and c
Q4) The Demographic Transition Model can accurately predict the point at which fertility will begin to decline in a given population.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Thomas Malthus was a strong supporter of the English Poor Laws.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Globalization, inequality, and Sustainability
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Q1) Which of the following is not one of the three Es of sustainability?
A)economics
B)equity
C)entrepreneurship
D)ecology
Q2) The most serious criticism of EM (Ecological Modernization) is that it fails to distinguish between efficiency and total resource consumption.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Early functionalist thinkers were most concerned with analyzing:
A)the evolution from traditional to industrial societies.
B)societal equilibrium.
C)compensatory actions.
D)economic nationalism.
Q4) Green imperialism is illustrated by the MDCs who demand that LDCs curtail their use of coal and other such toxic fuels.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How or why is the environment considered a social justice issue?
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Chapter 7: Transforming Structures: Markets and Politics
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Q1) Most conventional American economic theory is embedded in a _________ paradigm of ideas and assumptions.
A)systems resources
B)center-periphery
C)resource allocation
D)corporate
Q2) The 2008 global economic recession increased environmental damage substantially because fewer people complied with environmental regulations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Rivers,air,and groundwater are considered to be:
A)private property.
B)common property.
C)government property.
D)public property.
Q4) Technological and behavioral "fixes" can be either regulatory or nonregulatory.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Environmentalism: Ideology and Collective Action
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Q1) Which of the following promoted an increased global environmentalism?
A)increasing cooperation among the global scientific community
B)the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
C)the World Meteorological Organization
D)all of the above
Q2) Describe the history of countermovements (anti-environmentalism) in the U.S.
Q3) Reform environmentalism:
A)primarily recycled the main ideas of conservationism.
B)downplayed the complexity of modern environmental problems.
C)agreed with Theodore Roosevelt's "wise use" policies.
D)concluded that environmental problems are quite complex and often stem from new technologies.
Q4) Reform environmentalism was based primarily on the work of:
A)sociologists and psychologists.
B)philosophers and sociologists.
C)natural and physical scientists.
D)feminists.
Q5) Gender is one of the most powerful predictors of environmental concern. A)True
B)False
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