Geography Final 3

1.

1 point

The Anasazi collapse occurred at about the same time as the ____ collapse.

Angkor Wat

Easter Island

Pitcairn Island

Norse Greenland

Mayan

2.

1 point

Angkor Wat has been leased to a private company as a tourist attraction

True

False

3.

1 point

Haiti is/was:

the only country in the new world to practice slavery after winning its freedom

Second nation in the new world to win its freedom from imperial europe

the first country in central america to practice sustainable forestry and agriculture

the first country to grant equal rights to aboriginal people post revolution

in a state of economic and environmental collapse when it revolted

4.

1 point

The Dominical Republic has good forestry practices because of

a bottom-up commitment to sustainable forestry and agricultural practices

a series of ruthless dictators that ran national forestry operations for personal gain

the conservation ethic inherited from their mainly European settlers

the use of slave labor in reforestation practices

a and c

5.

1 point

Agriculture has been present in New Guinea for:

200 years

2,000 years

7,000 years

40,000 years

11,500 years

6.

1 point

The Mayans used _____ as currency

gold coins

human teeth

cacao beans

obsidian shards

intricate weavings with sea shells

7.

1 point

The Mayan empire was

the only jungle empire

the only new world civilization to develop iron tools and weapons

the only new world civilization to develop medicines from local plants

the only empire to develop mathematics, astronomy, and a writing system

the only civilization that had no domestic animals

8.

1 point

Climate change contributed to the collapse of all of the following civilizations except:

Easter Island

Anasazi

Hispaniola

Pitcairn Island

Mayan

9.

1 point

The Collapse of New Guinea Civilization was mainly due to:

New Guinea ciivilization did not collapse

a failure to respond to preceived environment decline

a failure to predict the combined environmental consequences of forestry and agricultural practices.

unsustainable agricultural practices.

catastrophic encounters with European explorers and traders.

10.

1 point

The central city of Tikal

was a spiritual and governance centre and produced little food until the post classic collapse

was totally abandoned and visited only by local people until it was 're-discoverd' by Guatemalan administrators in the 1850's

has an unbroken canal that extends the length of the yucatan peninsula to the sea

was never abandoned by the Mayan and remains a functional city

was conquered by spanish conquistador and demolished in 1522

11.

1 point

The word Anasazi translates as:

Ancient Enemy

The people

Wanderers

People of the morning light

Canyon Dwellers

12.

1 point

The main flaw with capitalism is that it assumes that capital can increase forever without bound.

True

False

13.

1 point

New Guinea has failed to develop the agricultural surplus necessary to sustain economic development because:

they are a primitive people who do not have the capacity for development

external enemies (especial European Imperaialits) have kept them from developing an economy and advancing as a civilization

they have become one with nature because of their long history as an agrarian people

the ruling class conspired with the priest class to keep the masses repressed and practicing primitive agriculture

Eurasian agriculture is unsuitable for New Guinea conditions and there were no large animals suitable for domestication

14.

1 point

Most of the accumulated heat from the last 180 years of climate warming resides in:

the atmosphere

the polar regions

retention of heat has not occurred due to the first law of thermodynamics

the surface layers of oceans

the tropics

15.

1 point

The Dominican Republic forest managrement system is most similar to the system used in:

China

Rwanda

Japan

Austrailia

New Guinea

16.

1 point

The group that does most of the agriculture in New Guinea are called

agrarians

Fayu

farmers

women

gathers

17.

1 point

One of the main causes of environmental degradation is:

Over population

isolation

lack of an economy or trade sufficient to support the society or environmental reform

unsustainable grazing and agricultural practices

all of the above

18.

1 point

The aboriginal inhabitants of Hispaniola declined and collapsed because of:

deforestation and unsustainable agricultural practices

loss of friendly trade partners

climate change (Little Ice Age)

all of the above

none of the above

19.

1 point

The Angkor collapse occurred at about the same time as the ____ Collapse.

Norse greenland

Mayan

Pitcairn Island

Easter island

Angkor Wat

20.

1 point

The Mayan empire collapsed because of all of the following:

environmental damage

contrived wars for human sacrifice

climate change (medieval Climate Warming) and decline in rainfall

loss of friendly trade because of canal system failure

all of the above

21.

1 point

The New Guinea expression for wealth and possessions is:

goods

Status

Fayu

Cargo

Stash

22.

1 point

At its peak, the Anasazi was believed to number about

500000

100000

5000

10-12 million

20000

23.

1 point

what is the name of the Holocene climate change event that contributed to the development of agriculture

Anthropogenic global warming

younger-Dryas Event

Gulf Stream Initiation

Inter-tropical Convergence shift

beringia land bridge

24.

1 point

New Guinea failed to develop the agricultural surplus necessary to sustain the economic development required for an advanced civilization because:

external enemies have kept them from developing an economy and advancing as a civilization

they have become one with the nature because of their long history as an agrarian people

eurasian agriculture is unsuitable for new Guinea conditions and there were no large animals suitable for domestication

the ruling class conspired with the priest class to keep the masses repressed and practicing primitive agriculture

they are primitive people who do not have the capacity for development

25.

1 point

So far anthropogenic global warming has contributed to or caused _____ modern societies to collapse.

two

zero

twenty-two

seven

five

26.

1 point

An example of a civilization/civilizations that avoided collapse using a bottom up governance system is:

New Guinea

Tikopia

Tonga

Dominican Republic

a and b

27.

1 point

Haiti is/was the:

second nation in the New World to win its freedom from imperial Europe

the first country to grant equal rights to aboriginal people post-revolution

the first country to Central America to practice sustainable forestry and agriculture

the only country in the New World to practice slavery after winning its freedom

in a state of economic and environmental collapse when it revolted

28.

1 point

Angkor Wat is a city/temple in

Laos

Thailand

Myanmar

Vietnam

Cambodia

29.

1 point

j.Diamond's five point framework includes all the below except:

Guns, germs, and steels

hostile neighbors

friendly trade partners

societies response to environmental problems

climate change

30.

1 point

Civilizations fail to protect essential environmental services because of all of the below except:

failure to anticipate the problem

incapacity for long-term planning because of initial or accumulated genetic deficiencies

failure to recognize the problem when it arrives (denial)

conflicting interests, disenfranchised stakeholders, apathetic or ineffective leadership

31.

1 point

Margaret Mead was

a feminist

a geographer

an anthropologist

a graduate student in New Guinea

all of the above

32.

1 point

at its peak, the Mayan civilization was believed to number about

500000

20000

100000

5000

10-12 million

33.

1 point

The following factors were important in Anasazi collapse except

Environmental Damage

friendly trade partners

Hostile Neighbours

societies response to environmental problems

Climate Change

34.

1 point

Conservation of Environmental Services

is ultimately not possible without some form of population regulation

is a process, not a job that can be finished and set aside

cannot be done effectively when a society is failing.collapsing

competes with other human needs such as social assistance, health care, education, national

all of the above

35.

1 point

The centre of Anasazi culture and civilization was:

Cajamarca

Tikal

Lamanai

Copan

Chaco Canyon

36.

1 point

The economic decline in Haiti has been caused by:

deforestation and unsustainable agricultural practices

all of the above

despotic, ineffective and chaotic governments

unregulated population increase

lack of friendly trade partners

37.

1 point

Angkor Wat was constructed

as artificial waterways for transport, fisheries, and wet-land rice cultivation

as a series of tombs for khmer kings

as a monestry, then it became the world's forst university

to defend against chinese, Siamese, and Vietnamese attacks

as a celestial observatory

38.

1 point

Climate change:

has always occurred

is the result of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions

was recently discovered to be a relatively constant warming since the last ice age

is a human caused environmental impact

began in 1880 with the start of the industrial revolution

39.

1 point

Environmental degradation is often one or the main causes of civilization collapse

True

False

40.

1 point

it is usually impossible to take action to correct environmental problems once a civilization has collapsed.

True

False

41.

1 point

Africian slaves were introduced to Hispaniola

because the aboriginal population had been driven extinct

because they worked harder and were grateful for better conidtions

as a concession to aboriginal tribes who resented agricultural work

as a form of indentured labor to pay their passage

because the plantation crops were more familiar to African workers

42.

1 point

The current resident population of Angkor Wat is :

10000

25000

0

700000

200000

43.

1 point

The Example provided in Diamonds book "Collapse" show that civilizations can fail to protect essential environmental services because of all of the below except:

the problem can not be addressed once it is detected because of over population and or because existing technologies are insufficient

failure to recognize the problem when it arrives(denial)

incapacity for long term planning because of religious superstition and false gods

failure to anticipate the problem

conflicting interests, disenfranchised stockholders, apathetic or ineffective leadership

44.

1 point

Prior to European contact the name of Hispaniola to the orginal people was:

"land of the mountains"

Haiti

"Our Land"

"Six Nations"

a and b

45.

1 point

New Guinea environmental impacts have historically been minimized historically by all of the below except:

bottom-up forestry and agricultural practices manaegment

periodic raiding by external neighbors

continental-scale landsape allowing trail and error devlopement of sustainable agriculture and forestry practices

ironwood silvaculture

the usual Micronesian population regulation practices

46.

1 point

the main flaw with socialism is that humans prefer to work for themselves and their families rather than society in general.

True

False

47.

1 point

Current conditions in New Guinea

have dramatically improved with the development of a forestry and mining economy

are declining due to over-population, lack of economic growth, and a breakdown in traditional society

are deplorable and considered the worst in the third world

continue much as they have been for the past 46,000 years

have dramatically improved since independence was granted

48.

1 point

The Mayan "long count" calendar anded 21 December 2012 because:

Mayan astronomers realized that the planetary alignment that coincides with the ice age initiation would occur on 21 December 2012

the 'long count' anticipated unsustainable environmental practices and run-away anthropogenic global warming that was estimated to trigger collapse at the end of 2012.

Mayan astronomers had predicted a solar event (solar flare) sufficient to destroy life on earth that will occur on or about the end of 2012.

because 21 December 2012 was the end of the long count calendar cycle.

mayan astronomers have predicted a catastrophic collision with a large astroid the would occur on or about the end of 2012.

49.

1 point

Chirstopher Columbus was:

a superb navigator and sea captain that held the absolute loyalty of his men

the first European to travel to the New World

looking for a western route to Asia and Spice Islands when he "found" Hispaniola

the first explorer to realize that there was no western sea route to the East Indies

the first European to import African salves to the New World

50.

1 point

Without atmospheric greenhouse gases the earth's temp would be about:

20 C

-33 C

0 C

-18 C

15 C