Quiz 6

Question 1

What does social construction refer to in environmental studies?

1) the idea that perceptions and meanings of nature are influenced by culture, society, and history

2) the physical shaping of landscapes by human activity

3) the economic impact of natural resources

4) the ecological impacts of construction projects

5) the study of biological ecosystems and their functions

Answer 1

the idea that perceptions and meanings of nature are influenced by culture, society and history

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the argument made by Mary Douglas?

1) reducing risks requires cultural solutions above all else

2) the way people perceive risks is due to their psychological profile

3) reducing risks requires both engineering and social solutions

4) the way people perceive risks is neither universal or idiosyncratic

5) reducing risks requires engineering solutions only

Answer 2

the way people perceive risks is neither universal or idiosyncratic

idiosyncratic → something that deviates from the norm

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the argument made by Gilbert White?

1) the way people perceive risks is neither universal or idiosyncratic

2) reducing risks requires engineering solutions only

3) the way people perceive risks is due to their psychological profile

4) reducing risks requires both engineering and social solutions

5) reducing risks requires cultural solutions above all else

Answer 3

reducing risks requires both engineering and social solutions

White→ emphasized the importance of combining both engineering solutions & social solutions

Question 4

According to the passage, why has the risk of zoonotic diseases like COVID19 increased in recent years?

1) improved transportation systems that facilitate disease spread globally

2) increasing human encroachment(intrude) on wildlife habitats due to economic development

3) lack of proper healthcare systems in remote areas

4) a sudden increase in global wildlife populations

5) new regulations promoting contact with wildlife

Answer 4

increasing human encroachment on wildlife habitats due to economic development

Question 5

A baker bakes bread at a bakery. What term would best describe the flour?

1) labour

2) commodity

3) means of production

4) conditions of productino

5) use value

Answer 5

means of production

Question 6

Which term best describes the economic phenomenon of a polluting factory being moved from Japan to Vietnam?

1) superfund

2) surplus value

3) spatial fix

4) primitive accumulation

5) economism

Answer 6

spatial fix

Question 7

What is the main argument about the “wilderness” of Jämtland in the passage?

1) Jämtland is one of the last untouched wilderness areas in Sweden

2) Jämtland`s wilderness is more authentic than other eco-tourism destinations

3) Jämtland is valued for its natural beauty but is largely inaccessible to humans

4) Jämtland`s wilderness is as result of both human management and social ideas about nautre

5) Jämtland has recently stopped tourism to preserve its “untouched” nature

Answer 7

Jämtland`s wilderness is as result of both human management and social ideas about nautre

Question 8

Who primarily used and benefitted from the discourse of desertification in North Africa?

1) African scientists

2) African colonizers

3) Both Europeans and Africans

4) European colonizers

5) European scientists

Answer 8

European colonizers

Question 9

Which of the following terms best describe a group of statements and texts that, taken together have significance in the world?

1) concept

2) narrative

3) discourse

4) signifying practice

5) ideology

Answer 9

discourse

Question 10

What is the term used to describe how capitalism undermined itself by undermining the environmental conditions necessary for its own perpetuation?

1) overacculumation

2) second contradiction of capitalism

3) third contradiction of capitalism

4) hazard capitalism

5) first contradiction of capitalism

Answer 10

second contradiction of capitalism