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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Guy McPherson's acronym "NTHE" stand for?
2. The author points out in "Politics of Consumption," "Eating organic is nice, in other words, but if your goal is to save the climate" what "is much more important" (224)?
3. The author notes in "Systems" that what climate scientists refer to as "systems crises," he refers to as what?
4. Yellow fever is estimated to kill approximately what percentage of those infected?
5. What term does the author use in "Crisis Capitalism" to describe the situation wherein "most people are so uncomfortable contemplating uncertainty, they will accept lesser outcomes in a bartain to avoid dealing with it" (188)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is yellow fever and what are its effects?
2. When did the Black Death occur and what was its fallout?
3. What is UNICEF?
4. What correlative statistics does the author provide regarding conflict and global warming in "Climate Conflict"?
5. Why is the narrative of climate change difficult to translate to film?
6. What is described as "that basic promise extended by neoliberalism" in "Politics of Consumption" (225)?
7. Describe the ideological contrast between China and Russia in terms of climate change.
8. What is the Belt and Road Initiative?
9. Who was David Buckel and why is he discussed in the book?
10. What is the ambiguity effect?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the critical response to The Uninhabitable Earth. What criticism has come from the climate change community? What criticism has come from outside that community? Why is this book compared to Silent Spring?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss global economy as it relates to climate change. What statistics does the author provide in "Economic Collapse" to indicate correlations between economies and climate? What is "fossil capitalism"? How are economies projected to change as a result of global warming?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the threat of prehistoric plagues as a result of global warming. Where are these prehistoric plagues hidden? How have they been discovered? What threats do they present in the next century?
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