District Social Science Test Flashcards
What BEST describes the land within the boundaries of present-day Canada during the Last Glacial Maximum?
It was a land of ice sheets and glaciers.
What is the name of the time period in which humans have contributed to global warming and discussed how that warming has impacted human societies?
the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene derives from Greek words meaning
human and new
The Holocene Epoch is considered to be part of which time period
Quaternary
According to the Keeling Curve, which measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 2020 is closest in relationship to that of about 800,000 years ago?
The 2020 measurement is about 2.2 times greater.
Which BEST describes the notable climate event that occurred in Mesopotamia around 2250 BCE?
one that brought on cooler and dryer conditions
The earth’s subsystems interact with each other to influence what two factors?
weather and climate
Which choice BEST describes the weather that occurred during the peak period of the Roman Empire, 150 BCE to 250 BCE?
The important parts of the empire experienced stable conditions and stable rainfall.
The cryosphere is often considered part of the
hydrosphere
In 1959, who traveled to Washington, D.C. to warn the National Academy of Sciences that increasing CO2 levels throughout the rest of the twentieth century could have grave consequences?
Bert Bolin
In the Marist Poll of 2023 on prioritizing climate change or economic growth, which group supported this statement: “Economic growth should be given priority, even at the risk of ignoring climate change”?
Republicans
Which of the following are the three components of the triple planetary crisis?
climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss
The Middle Holocene is also known as the
Northgrippian Stage/Age
In 1985, who issued the report titled, “The greenhouse effect, climatic change and ecosystems”?
an ICSU committee, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
Broadly speaking, when professional historians refer to an archive, they mean
a physical repository of documents
Which statement is TRUE about the Mediterranean world between the 8th to the 5th centuries?
The 8th to the 5th centuries were cooler and wetter than before.
What contribution has Katherine Hayhoe made to fighting climate change?
She created an effective TED Talk addressed to Evangelical Christians.
According to traditional Western thought, what BEST identifies the period in which human centered themselves in the world?
the Renaissance
The year 1927 is noted for the major oil discovery in
Kirkuk, Iraq
What BEST describes the issues involved in the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation protests to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline?
sovereignty, environmental impact, drinking water purity, and religious sites
Why do climatologists routinely round large numbers?
Climatologists use a different dating system from Western scholars and global scholars in dialogue with the West
In 2018, who carried the climate change protest sign stating “SKOLSTREJK FOR KLIMATET”?
Greta Thunberg
In 2020, which gas made up more than 70% of U.S. greenhouse emissions?
carbon dioxide
How many countries have a greater than 1% share of the world economy?
18
In terms of climate history, Mesopotamian civilizations began
in the last centuries of the Middle Holocene
Which choice below BEST describes occupying and residing in land that one forcibly obtains from existing inhabitants?
settler colonialism
Which of the following can be used as proxies for estimating past weather events?
weather diaries, ship longbooks, works of art, and grain prices
What is a Keeling Curve?
a graph of CO2 measurements over thousands of years compiled by Charles David Keeling
In 2022, which three countries comprised the bottom three of the top ten oil producers by each producing just under 4 million barrels per day?
Brazil, Iran, and Kuwait
What is the “proposed new geological epoch resulting from significant human-driven changes to the structure and functioning of the Earth System, including the climate system” according to the IPCC?
the Anthropocene
Which of the following BEST describes how local climate activists in Louisiana responded to the carbon capture project?
They raised concerns about the environmental risks of carbon storage.
Alessandra Korap Munduruku is known for her impact on the mining operations by Anglo American in Brazil since she did which of the following?
She led a coalition that resulted in the withdrawal of mining applications.
In which major civilization did the Harappan phase occur?
Indus
The term Archives of Society is BEST understood to refer to
sources produced by humans that contain information about the climate
An interglacial period is BEST understood as
a warm period between ice ages
What is one reason why climate change remains a divisive issue in the United States?
Political affiliations influence perceptions of climate science and policy priorities.
When positive feedbacks push climate change to a tipping point, what BEST explains what will happen?
The change will reach a point of no return.
The Mandate of Heaven is BEST understood as a Chinese concept that
external conditions such as prosperity and favorable weather validate the ruler’s authority
Which members of Congress campaigned for the passage of the Green New Deal Legislation in 2019?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey
What role did fossil fuels play in the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution?
They were burned to power steam machines.
