Multiple Choice Quiz

1. Which two of these issues helped place the environment on the international political agenda in the 1960s?

  1. Global arming
  2. Ozone depletion
  3. Acid rain
  4. Population growth

Answer:

c. Acid rain

d. Population growth

2. Which of these factors prompted the increased concern at the potential for ‘resource wars’ in the 1990s?

  1. Global warming
  2. The capture of resources by elites in less developed countries
  3. Economic dominance by the countries of the Global North
  4. Ozone depletion

Answer:

b. The capture of resources by elites in less developed countries

3. Which of these scenarios represents an example of the Prisoner’s Dilemma for a government?

  1. The decision on whether or not to limit catches of a particular fish stock when faced with a risk of global depletion
  2. A decision whether to conserve an ancient meadow or build a new motorway through it
  3. A decision over whether to increase investment in wind power or nuclear energy
  4. A decision on whether or not to build flood defences on a river plain

Answer:

a. The decision on whether or not to limit catches of a particular fish stock when faced with a risk of global depletion

4. Which of these terms could best be described as opposite in meaning to ecocentric?

  1. Statecentric
  2. Industrialisation
  3. Anthropocentric
  4. Eurocentric

Answer:

c. Anthropocentric