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Chapter 9 Multiple Choice Questions
Natural Resources, Security and Conflicts
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Which of the following is an example of the 'securitization' of the environment?
Recognizing that water quality must not only be protected but secured.
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Framing climate change as a security concern.
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Questioning the environmental impact of a military.
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Placing environmental goods in a secure location.
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Why do some believe that security and environment should not necessarily be linked together?
Environmentalists aren't concerned with protecting the safety of individuals.
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Drawing attention to the environmental impact of militaries may worsen the problem.
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Environmental policy-making may become dominated by state-centric assumptions.
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There is no connection between environmental problems and security issues.
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According to the Homer-Dixon model, which of the following is NOT a variable that links environmental degradation with intra-state conflict?
Social processes
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Weakening of the state
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Natural resource shortages
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National ideology
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Which of the following is a common critique of the Homer-Dixon model?
The model only explains a limited set of cases, and therefore it cannot be applied more generally.
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The model relies on outdated and inaccurate data.
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The model does not include any quantitative analysis.
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The model suggests that environmental degradation is the only cause of intra-state conflict.
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Why can approaching environmental protection through the lens of human security be considered subversive to state institutions?
It argues that states do not pose a threat to their own populations.
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It suggests that human civilization must come to an end to protect the environment.
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It is concerned with the protection of powerful interests rather than the dignity of everyday people.
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It emphasizes that social and political structures can be threats to human security.
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What is one reason why the right to a healthy environment is not often used in legal proceedings?
It may lead to tensions between different types of human rights.
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No jurisdictions recognize the right to a healthy environment.
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It does not suggest any significant changes to behaviour.
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There is no precedent for the right to a healthy environment in international law.
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Which of the following is an example of environmental warfare?
A cowboy battling the elements to survive
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A hurricane damaging a naval fleet
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An army strategically using geography to gain an advantage over an enemy
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An army burning crop fields to starve a population
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What is the difference between environmental terrorism and ecological terrorism?
There is no difference between the concepts.
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Environmental terrorism entails the purposeful destruction of the environment, while ecological terrorism aims to protect the environment.
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Environmental terrorism is legal while ecological terrorism is illegal.
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States engage in environmental terrorism while non-state actors engage in ecological terrorism.
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According to the
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Geoengineering
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Climate change
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Nuclear winter
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Scorched-earth
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Which of the following statements accurately describes the environmental impact of militaries?
Militaries often have a large environmental impact in times of peace and war.
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Militaries only impact the environment when they detonate nuclear or chemical weapons.
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Militaries only impact the environment when they are engaged in armed conflict.
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Militaries have minimal environmental impact because they use the most advanced technology.
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