Chapter 2 Online Study Guide
You have 30 minutes to complete this assignment.
- 1.Read the guest essay by Kat Anderson and answer the critical thinking. (this should be at least 5 sentences).
- 2.What does OPEC stand for and why was it formed? (at least 2 sentences)
- 3.The first page of chapter 2 talks about which of the following animals
- A.
Peregrine falcon
- B.
Bald eagle
- C.
Bison
- D.
Sheep
- E.
Reindeer
- 4.When did the agricultural revolution begin?
- A.
1 thousand years ago
- B.
10-12 thousand years ago
- C.
10 million years ago
- D.
12 million years ago
- 5.In shifting cultivation how long is land left fallow?
- A.
100 years
- B.
75 years
- C.
50 years
- D.
10-30 years
- E.
40-60 years
- 6.Which of the following eras in the Environmental History of the United States occurred from 1832-1960?
- A.
Conservation Era
- B.
Frontier Era
- C.
Environmental Era
- D.
Tribal Era
- 7.Who founded the sierra club?
- A.
Muir
- B.
Pinchot
- C.
Leopold
- D.
Hoover
- 8.Who was a strong proponent of land ethics? He was a professor in Wisconsin and died while fighting a brush fire.
- A.
Muir
- B.
Pinchot
- C.
Leopold
- D.
Hoover
- 9.What book did Rachel Carson right? (read the Individuals matter on page 36)
- A.
A silent spring
- B.
Pollution and People
- C.
Plan B 3.0
- D.
Ishmael
- E.
Herpetofauna
- 10.When did Rachel Carson pass away?
- A.
1964
- B.
1971
- C.
1954
- 11.Which elected official designated the Grand Canyon as one of the first 16 National Parks?
- A.
Theodore Roosevelt
- B.
John Muir
- C.
Woodrow Wilson
- D.
Jane Adams
- 12.What does the acronym CCC stand for?
- A.
Conservation Collateral Company
- B.
Company Correlation Constant
- C.
Constant Cultural Cliche
- D.
Civilian Conservation Corps
- 13.About how frequently does the world's scientific knowledge double?
- A.
100 years
- B.
50 years
- C.
20 years
- D.
12 years
- 14.Who said - "Only to the white man was nature a 'wilderness' and only to him was the land infested with 'wild animals' and 'savage' people. To us it was tame and bountiful.
- A.
Blackbeard
- B.
Dark Moon
- C.
Luther Standing Bear
- D.
Charles chikadee jang
- 15.Who was our country's first influential expert in industrial medicine? (hint: was an assistant professor at Harvard)
- A.
Einstein
- B.
Alice Hamilton
- C.
Rachel Carson
- D.
Louis Pasteur
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