Quiz 4 Flashcards
Who blamed the poor, especially women, for the population problem?
1) Kuznet
2) Coase
3) Malthus
4) Ehrilch
5) Simon
Malthus
Which theory or model predicts that environmental footprint increase during a society`s development and decreases after its maturation?
1) coase theorem
2) market response model
3) demographic transition theory
4) malthusian theory
5) environmental Kuznets curve
environmental Kuznets curve
Around what year did the global population rate peak (and declined thereafter)?
1) 1960
2) 2000
3) 2020
4) pre-1900s
5) 1920
1960
What do Neo-Malthusians view as the main limit to population growth?
1) fertility rate
2) women`s enpowerment
3) carrying capacity
4) innovation
5) birthrate
carrying capacity
Neo-Malthusians → thought increase in population would lead to source depletion
Chapter 3
What did the results of the wager between Ehrilch and Simon tell us about the relationship between the environment and human population?
1) population is the most important cause of environmental degration
2) the relationship is negligible
3) market failure affects environmental impact levels
4) it is mediated by innovation
5) commodity price of metal is good
Ehrilch & Simon made a bet regarding metal price
it is mediated by innovation
Ehrilch → increase in the price
① believed that growing human population and resource scarcity would lead to higher prices due to depletion
Simon → decrease in the price
① believed that human innovation and technological advancements would lead to lower prices by discovering new resources.
Result → **Simon won! **
Fracking can be seen as an example of which of the following:
1) the Coase theory at work
2) greenwashing
3) a banking program
4) a cap and trade shceme
5) innovation triggered by scarcity
Fracking → a process of extracting oil and natrual gas by drilling a hole in the ground
innovation triggered by scarcity
Fracking was invented as a means of obtaining oil and natural gas because conventional method to collect them was becoming difficult
What word best describes the costs or benefits that are not directly a part of the commodity production?
1) monopsony
2) monopoly
3) coase theorem
4) externality
5) transaction cost
externality
What do some critics of the demographic transition model suggest is the main factor that best explains low fertility rates around the world?
1) high income
2) democracy
3) women`s empowerment
4) level of technology
5) level of development
women`s empowerment
Which of the following theories or models states that optimal distribution of all goods will occur as long as porperty rights are clearly defined?
1) demographic transition theory
2) coase theorem
3) market response model
4) environmental kuznets curve
5) malthusian theory
coase theorem
Which of the following statements about market-based solution was mentioned in the textbook as true?
1) they can sync well with the cycles of the natural world
2) they accurately attribute value of complex and dynamic ecological systems
3) they tend to be apolitical
4) they exclude participation of future generations
5) they are accessible for poor and marginalized people
they exclude participation of future generations
Market-based solution focus on short-term costs and benefits, excluding long-term consequences
