District Social Science Test Flashcards

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What BEST describes the land within the boundaries of present-day Canada during the Last Glacial Maximum?

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It was a land of ice sheets and glaciers.

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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?

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the Anthropocene

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The Anthropocene derives from Greek words meaning

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human and new

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The Holocene Epoch is considered to be part of which time period

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Quaternary

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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?

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The 2020 measurement is about 2.2 times greater.

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Which BEST describes the notable climate event that occurred in Mesopotamia around 2250 BCE?

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one that brought on cooler and dryer conditions

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The earth’s subsystems interact with each other to influence what two factors?

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weather and climate

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Which choice BEST describes the weather that occurred during the peak period of the Roman Empire, 150 BCE to 250 BCE?

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The important parts of the empire experienced stable conditions and stable rainfall.

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The cryosphere is often considered part of the

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hydrosphere

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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?

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Bert Bolin

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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”?

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Republicans

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Which of the following are the three components of the triple planetary crisis?

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climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss

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The Middle Holocene is also known as the

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Northgrippian Stage/Age

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In 1985, who issued the report titled, “The greenhouse effect, climatic change and ecosystems”?

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an ICSU committee, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

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Broadly speaking, when professional historians refer to an archive, they mean

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a physical repository of documents

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Which statement is TRUE about the Mediterranean world between the 8th to the 5th centuries?

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The 8th to the 5th centuries were cooler and wetter than before.

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17
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What contribution has Katherine Hayhoe made to fighting climate change?

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She created an effective TED Talk addressed to Evangelical Christians.

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According to traditional Western thought, what BEST identifies the period in which human centered themselves in the world?

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the Renaissance

19
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The year 1927 is noted for the major oil discovery in

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Kirkuk, Iraq

20
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What BEST describes the issues involved in the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation protests to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline?

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sovereignty, environmental impact, drinking water purity, and religious sites

21
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Why do climatologists routinely round large numbers?

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Climatologists use a different dating system from Western scholars and global scholars in dialogue with the West

22
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In 2018, who carried the climate change protest sign stating “SKOLSTREJK FOR KLIMATET”?

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Greta Thunberg

23
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In 2020, which gas made up more than 70% of U.S. greenhouse emissions?

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carbon dioxide

24
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How many countries have a greater than 1% share of the world economy?

25
In terms of climate history, Mesopotamian civilizations began
in the last centuries of the Middle Holocene
26
Which choice below BEST describes occupying and residing in land that one forcibly obtains from existing inhabitants?
settler colonialism
27
Which of the following can be used as proxies for estimating past weather events?
weather diaries, ship longbooks, works of art, and grain prices
28
What is a Keeling Curve?
a graph of CO2 measurements over thousands of years compiled by Charles David Keeling
29
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
30
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
31
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.
32
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.
33
In which major civilization did the Harappan phase occur?
Indus
34
The term Archives of Society is BEST understood to refer to
sources produced by humans that contain information about the climate
35
An interglacial period is BEST understood as
a warm period between ice ages
36
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.
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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.
38
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
39
Which members of Congress campaigned for the passage of the Green New Deal Legislation in 2019?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey
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What role did fossil fuels play in the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution?
They were burned to power steam machines.