Chapter 6 Student Quiz 2

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. A key characteristic of industrial agriculture is

underproduction. correct incorrect

overproduction. correct incorrect

pollution. correct incorrect

subsidies. correct incorrect

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. People who practice which way of life work the least?

foragers correct incorrect

horticulturalists correct incorrect

agriculturalists correct incorrect

pastoralists correct incorrect

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. Political ecology

focuses on the linkages between political-economic power, social inequality, and ecological destruction. correct incorrect

studies how many hectares or acres of land it takes for each person to survive. correct incorrect

studies how to best remove indigenous people from national parks. correct incorrect

measures the carrying capacity of the earth. correct incorrect

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. The structured beliefs and behaviors surrounding the production, distribution, and consumption of food make up

anorexia. correct incorrect

globalization. correct incorrect

foodways. correct incorrect

nutrition. correct incorrect

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. Environmental justice refers to

the courts indigenous people use when they are removed from their land. correct incorrect

a social movement that addresses the linkages between racial discrimination and injustice, social equity, and environmental quality. correct incorrect

a division of the UN that deals with national parks. correct incorrect

the most popular division of legal studies currently. correct incorrect

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. In a tropical environment with low population density, which subsistence strategy is most likely to be used?

swidden agriculture correct incorrect

pastoralism correct incorrect

foraging correct incorrect

intensive agriculture correct incorrect

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. Landscapes that are the result of human shaping are __________ landscapes.

cultural correct incorrect

ecosystem correct incorrect

anthropogenic correct incorrect

artificial correct incorrect

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. Famines are often caused by

foreign aid. correct incorrect

ignorant farmers. correct incorrect

global warming. correct incorrect

a complex interplay of natural conditions with existing patterns of social inequality. correct incorrect

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. What is a key feature of nutrition transition?

a decline in physical activity correct incorrect

a rise in horticulture correct incorrect

a decrease in overweight populations correct incorrect

an increase in food security correct incorrect

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. In most Western thought nature and humanity are considered to be

one in the same. correct incorrect

intertwined. correct incorrect

oppositional. correct incorrect

respectful. correct incorrect

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. Intensification refers to

a process that increases yields and includes prepping soil, technology, a large labor force, water management, and plant and soil modification correct incorrect

a global movement toward more calorically dense and less nutritionally valuable food correct incorrect

a local practice of terracing farmland in order to shift from subsistence farming to market exchange correct incorrect

a global move away from industrial agriculture and toward small-scale farming and local food distribution correct incorrect

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. What is a key feature of nutrition transition?

declines in physical activity correct incorrect

a rise in horticulture correct incorrect

a decrease in overweight populations correct incorrect

an increase in food security correct incorrect

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. What is a true of traditional ecological knowledge?

It has no utility in the modern world. correct incorrect

It nearly disappeared after the Green Revolution. correct incorrect

It is not well known in the West because some species and ecological interactions exist only in one place. correct incorrect

It is extremely valued by Westerners. correct incorrect

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. What term refers to the approach to conservation that assumes that people are threatening to nature?

fortress conservation correct incorrect

environmental protectionism correct incorrect

ecological domination theory correct incorrect

separation conservation correct incorrect

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. What major global pattern has increased the ecological footprints of industrialized nations?

consumer capitalism correct incorrect

international environmental justice movements correct incorrect

climate change correct incorrect

a shift toward sustainable fuel sources correct incorrect