1. According to the author in "Climate Conflict," "Over the last decade, researchers have even managed to quantify some of the nonobvious relationships between temperature and violence: for every half degree of warming, they say, societies will see" between what percent increase in the likelihood of armed conflict (152)?
(a) Between 20-30%.
(b) Between 5-8%.
(c) Between 10-20%.
(d) Between 30-40%.

2. How many full-scale carbon capture plants were there in the world in 2018?
(a) 34.
(b) 18.
(c) 200.
(d) 13.

3. How many mass extinctions has the earth experienced prior to the one we are living through now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. In 2018, scientists revived a worm that had been frozen in permafrost for approximately how many years?
(a) 42,000.
(b) 34,000.
(c) 24,000.
(d) 64,000.

5. What did Donald Trump notoriously toss to members of a crowd during a press conference in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria?
(a) Balloons.
(b) Hats.
(c) Paper towels.
(d) Political signs.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in "Hunger," undernourishment in the world's developing countries has dropped from over 30% in 1970 to what percentage today?

2. Approximately how many square miles were incinerated by the Camp Fire in northern California in 2018?

3. When did the United Nations establish its Framework on Climate Change?

4. The recent Great Recession (2008) lowered the global GDP by about wht percentage in a onetime shock?

5. Who wrote the two-part book Carbon Ideologies?

(see the answer key)

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