Quiz 1

Modern humans originated about:

The current number of people on earth is about:

Thomas Malthus was:

By the time the Conquistadors encountered the Mayans, the classical Mayan civilization was already in decline because of:

The Tragedy of the Commons is:

In the late 1700's the doubling time for human populations was:

Natural resources include:

Environmental problems result due to a mismatch between natural resource abundance and availability, and human requirements

Reducing human population numbers to a billion over the next 70 to 100 years by gradually reducing reproduction rates would require an increase in annual human death rates of:

The ability of a nation to care for the environment, to provide health care, education, infrastructure, social assistance, national defense; and the quality of life for a nation's citizens depends on the wealth (the economy) generated by the private sector.

The four horsemen of the apocalypse are:

Conservation and Environmental problems result due to an unequal allocation of wealth between rich and poor nations?

The four horsemen of the apocalypse did not arrive on schedule because:

Currently evidence that the Earth's Biosphere is under stress includes:

The 1992 UN Conference on the Environment and Development defined "sustainable" to mean:

The country with the highest per capita energy consumption rate is:

The country that currently burns more oil than any other country is:

The point of this figure is: http://i.imgur.com/XdwtkVA.png

Deliberate reduction of human numbers to levels that do not cause environmental degradation is not a viable alternative because:

When money increases beyond the value of resources and services, the result is called

Modern Environmentalism

Which of the following is not a general recommendation of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment?

CO2 Emission Treaties (e.g., Kyoto), Cap and Trade Emission systems, and Green Energy Alternatives to fossil fuel have reduced the rate of accumulation of atmospheric CO2.

The person who said that a free market economy (not government regulated) was guided by an "invisible hand" to best serve society was:

Canada's Annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is mainly:

The economic theory that dominated until the mid-1700s included all except:

Both neoliberalism and mercantilism advocate strong government intervention to achieve national economic goals.

Match Adam Smith with the choices below

Match David Hume with the choices below

Match David Ricardo with the choices below