Chapter 15 Practice Quizzes

. What is the non-sociological term which aims to individualize responsibility for issues rather than addressing systemic faults and causes? This approach was used in the Walkerton water contamination case.

. About 90 per cent of patents for genetically modified plants are owned by which company?

. Which term could be used to describe the scientists employed by the Scientific Division of the US Tobacco Institute who published studies downplaying the dangers of second-hand smoke?

. Which of the following. was introduced by Greta Thunberg and encompasses the idea of flight shaming towards non-essential air travel?

. The Monsanto plant in Anniston, Alabama produced a dangerous chemical compound that endangered the health of its workers—most of whom were black—and contaminated the water in the predominantly African-American neighbourhoods surrounding the plant. What term can be applied to Monsanto's actions?

. During 2020, of the COVID-19 pandemic, global emissions dropped by _ percent.

. If a mining company responds to concerns about the safety of white asbestos by stating that it is much safer than blue asbestos, this is an example of what kind of logical fallacy?

. For more than a half-century, the community of Grassy Narrows First Nation has been pushing for governments of all parties to do something about the following health issue:

. What did the University of British Columbia researchers find in the 10 Environmental Impact Assessments conducted in BC?

. Which influential Canadian sociologist studied the Halifax explosion of 1917? This sociologists' pioneering work focused on 'disaster' as a sociological context for social change.

. In the international context, NIMBY describes the victimization of vulnerable nations by well-developed countries, including Canada, that are looking for dumping grounds for toxic garbage.

. The case of Dr John O'Connor spoke about the health impacts of Fort McMurray's oil sands project on the Aboriginal community of Fort Chipewyan.

. Asbestos is acknowledged to be a cause of lung cancer, mesothelioma, and asbestosis.

. Pollution can be racialized.

. Thetford Mines is the world's largest producer of asbestos.

. A vested interest is any social and financial interest a party may have in the results of a scientific study and the way those results are interpreted.

. The "China price" refers to China's disadvantage in the manufacture and assembly of goods due to its exploitation of workers and the environment.

. Operational definitions are not essential or required when creating certain policies on social issues.

. The rise of piracy off the Somali coast is primarily due to the decline of ocean food resources as a result of global warming.

. The Canadian government was the first country to ban products that contained asbestos.

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