Unit One

Question 1

What is the expansionist world view?

Answer 1

resources are for human use and will benefit our economy

Believed by 18th century europeans

Question 2

What is the ecological world view?

Answer 2

Emphasizes the emotional and spiritual relationship that binds human and the enviornment

Question 3

What was the world’s first environment club

Answer 3

Sierra club

Question 4

World’s first national park?

Answer 4

Yellowstone

Question 5

What is silent spring?

Answer 5

Book written by rachel Carson about pesticides killing birds

Question 6

What is sustainability?

Answer 6

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising he ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Question 7

What are the two world views?

Answer 7

Expansionist and ecological

Question 8

What are the conceptual models for the ecological world view?

Answer 8

Spaceship earth concept, gaia hypothesis, and limits-to-growth thesis

Question 9

What is the gaia hypothesis and who created it?

Answer 9

created by james lovelock

Earth is a single organism that self manages its climate

Question 10

What is the limits-to-growth thesis and who created and when was it created?

Answer 10

1972 - club of rome

In 100 years, humans will reach their carrying capacity

Question 11

What is the expansionist world view conceptual model? Explain it.

Answer 11

Cornucopian thesis - technology will keep reproducing natural resources