Exam 20: Population Growth and Environmental Impacts

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The last ice age ended about ______ years ago.

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The average life expectancy in the United States in the year 2000 was __________ years.

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Boulder Dam was the original name of Hoover Dam.

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The name for an expansion of cities outward from the original core land is

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The Wolong Nature Reserve was created to help conserve the Giant Panda in China and has been a success to date.

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The average life expectancy in the United States in the year 1900 was __________ years.

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The Ancient Sumerians switched from growing wheat to barley around 2500 B.C.in part because barley is more salt tolerant.

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What percentage of the surface of the Earth is currently suitable for potentially productive agriculture?

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About 1000 people lived in Clark County Nevada (Las Vegas)in the year 1900,and about 1.4 million people lived there in 2000.

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Australia's largest aquifer is not fresh but saline.

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The average life expectancy in the United States in the year 1900 was__________years.

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Australia has some of the oldest rocks on Earth at approximately __[Answer1]____[AnswerUnits]______________ years old.

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The last ice age ended about __________ years ago.

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Explain the natural environment of the San Joaquin Valley in California and how humans have manipulated this area to improve agriculture.

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The average life expectancy in the United States in the year 1900 was about 50 years.

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Approximately __________ % of the United States'crop yields have been lowered by salinization.

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Similar to the Great Plains known as the "breadbasket," the San Joaquin Valley in California is known as

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The Giant Panda conservation area founded in the 1980s in China is the

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The name of the process where soluble salts such as calcium and potassium accumulate in the soil is called __________.

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The productivity of San Joaquin Valley in California is mostly attributable to irrigation.

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