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On July 1, 1908, Theodore Roosevelt signed legislation that created forty-five national forests. Roosevelt was a passionate hunter and believed that all the game in America would soon be gone unless something was done to preserve some wild areas. Which era of the environmental movement does this goal belong to?

A) grassroots environmentalism
B) the NIMBY era
C) the conservation era
D) mainstream environmentalism
E) the modern environmental movement

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Which political party made social justice, community-based economics, feminism, and diversity central to its platform?

A) the Democratic Party
B) the Republican Party
C) the Libertarian Party
D) the Natural Law Party
E) the Green Party

F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

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An estimate of the land and water area that is required to produce all of the goods that an individual consumes and to assimilate all of the waste that she produces is called:

The United States produces more greenhouse gases per capita than any other nation on earth.

How is an edge city different from a suburb?

What do environmental sociologists refer to when they talk about "the treadmill of production"?

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most environmental activism was focused on:

The belief that humans will find ways to overcome any problems posed by pollution and waste is consistent with what attitude?

Chris McCandless lived on his own in the wilderness because he felt constrained and betrayed by a society that cared so little for its individual members. What term describes the attitude McCandless objected to?

Which of the following is an example of a study of demography?

Smart growth refers to the process by which early civilizations developed along waterways and other fertile valleys in the ancient world.

The Environmental Defense Fund hires scientists, economists, and lawyers to lobby the government and to educate the public about the environmental consequences of modern life. They brag that they had a part in passing important elements of the Clean Air Act, California's emissions rules, and a treaty to phase out CFCs. What era of the environmental movement is this sort of organization most commonly associated with?

If a blighted urban neighborhood were to suddenly develop an assortment of upscale restaurants, coffee shops, hip boutiques, and art galleries, then the neighborhood is:

A sociologist who examines how cities are organized or the migration of human populations is studying:

Pollution and environmental decay affect all members of a particular society equally, regardless of social class, race, or status.

In the early 1900s, what percentage of Americans lived in cities?

Although the federal government plans to store nuclear waste under a mountain in Nevada, many people who live in Nevada are trying their best to have it housed elsewhere, a classic example of:

According to a controversial study published in the British medical journal The Lancet, before the United States invaded Iraq, about 5.5 people out of every thousand would die each year, but after the invasion, that number rose to over 13. Right or wrong, this study was attempting to measure:

Think about the town in which you are currently living. What changes could be made to make it more smart-growth friendly?

If the pattern of demographic transition that followed the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States is repeated in Africa, which of the following would you NOT expect to see happen in the future?