19 Jan Question 7Carl loves to go camping

SOC101 Introduction to Sociology

Chapter 20 Exam

Question 1What is a “throw-away society”?

Question 2Who established the Yosemite region in California, which eventually became the first national park?

Question 3What does Jared Diamond’s study of New Zealand’s Maori contribute to our understanding of how one society exploits its environment and that of other societies?

Question 4Two major branches of the environmental justice movement exist. One concerns itself with environmental problems as violations of civil rights and the other is largely concerned with __________.

Question 5Which of the following is an implication of the treadmill-of-production idea?

Question 6Ecologists estimate that __________ are being driven into extinction each day due to __________.

Question 7Carl loves to go camping in the woods, but his camping habits surprise his friends. Sometimes he cuts down small trees where he wants to put up his tent. He seldom picks up his trash and ignores pleas to be more respectful of the area. Carl contends that the land is there to serve him, not the other way around. Which of the following belief systems describes Carl’s attitude and actions?

Question 8Global warming theorists predict that up to __________ will be extinct by the turn of the next century.

Question 9Which world river is threatened by the damming projects of the developing nations through which it and its tributaries flow?

Question 10What is the lesson of Easter Island?

Question 11Even before the Industrial Revolution, humans began exerting some control over their natural environments. Which of the following would be the earliest manifestation?

Question 12Jing Li wants his community to become more serious about protecting the environment. He has tried to implement some ecological programs, but he is having trouble getting others involved. Of the following actions that Jing Li could take, which is more likely than the others to achieve his goal and to produce the best and most enduring results in his community?

Question 13According to Marx and Engels, not only the internal structure of society, but the __________ depended on transforming natural resources into material possessions.

Question 14What did Rik Scarce (2005) discover about the local ranchers’ reaction to the reintroduction of the gray wolf into Yellowstone Park?

Question 15Marx, Engels, and Diamond are sometimes labeled __________ because their theories imply that a society’s environment determines everything else-from its social structure to individuals’ thoughts.