3.24 British Culture and Society in the 1970s (Environmentalism)

Question 1

What kind of protests were outside of the American Embassy in 1968?

Answer 1

Anti-war

Question 2

What did the environmental movement cover?

Answer 2

Industrial pollution, protection of wildlife, organic farming, and the dangers of radiation and nuclear waste

Question 3

What new word entered vocabulary because of focus on the environment?

Answer 3

Ecology

Question 4

What was the Silent Spring?

Answer 4

A book pubished that sounded alarm bells about the decline of birds and wildlife in the countryside because of chemical pesticides

Question 5

When was Silent Spring published?

Answer 5

1962

Question 6

When were the Hunt Saboteurs formed?

Answer 6

1963

Question 7

What did the Hunt Saboteurs do?

Answer 7

Formed to carry out direct action against fox hunting

Question 8

Which oil tanker caused a massive oil spill in 1967?

Answer 8

Torrey Canyon

Question 9

When did Torrey Canyon cause a massive spill?

Answer 9

1967

Question 10

Who wrote The Population Bomb?

Answer 10

Paul Ehrlich

Question 11

When was The Population Bomb published?

Answer 11

1968

Question 12

What did The Population Bomb warn of?

Answer 12

The threat to the environment from overpopulation

Question 13

What group was formed in the US in 1969 and in Britain in 1971?

Answer 13

Friends of the Earth

Question 14

Which political party formed in 1973?

Answer 14

The British Ecology Party

Question 15

When did the British Ecology Party change their name?

Answer 15

1985

Question 16

What political party did the British Ecology Party become?

Answer 16

The Green Party

Question 17

When was Greenpeace founded in the UK?

Answer 17

1977

It was formed in 1971 in Canada

Question 18

Between 1957 and 1979, how many incidents had there been at Sellafield Nuclear Power Station?

Answer 18

5

Question 19

In 1975, what were beagles being forced to do in labs?

Answer 19

Smoke 30 cigarettes a day to test the effects

Question 20

What animal rights group was formed in 1976?

Answer 20

Animal Liberation Front

Question 21

What kind of measures did the Animal Liberation Front adopt?

Answer 21

Extreme violence

Letter bombs to politicians - to Thatcher in 1984

Question 22

Which part of the BBC made nature conservation programmes?

Answer 22

BBC Natural Unit

Question 23

Who was the Life on Earth series made by?

Answer 23

David Attenborough

Question 24

When was the Life on Earth series made?

Answer 24

1979

Question 25

What was James Lovelock’s 1979 theory?

Answer 25

GAIA theory

The interconnectedness of all ecological issues

Question 26

When was Watership Down published?

Answer 26

1972

Question 27

What was Watership Down focused on?

Answer 27

Road development and its dangers

Question 28

What did the 1975 comedy The Good Life depict?

Answer 28

A couple trying to become self-sufficient in a suburban home

Question 29

Who wrote A Blueprint for Survival?

Answer 29

Teddy Goldsmith

Question 30

When was A Blueprint for Survival published?

Answer 30

1972

Question 31

What did A Blueprint for Survival advocate for?

Answer 31

Self-suffiency

Question 32

When was The People’s Party set up?

Answer 32

1973

Question 33

What did The People’s Party change their name to in 1975?

Answer 33

The British Ecology Party

Question 34

How many candidates did The People’s Party putup in February 1974?

Answer 34

5

Question 35

How many candidates did the British Ecology Party put up in the 1979 general election?

Answer 35

53