Question 1

Which of the following beliefs does not characterize an environmental-wisdom worldview?

Accepted Answer

A) Human ingenuity can fix any problems we face. 
B) Earth has limited resources. 
C) We are part of, and totally dependent on, nature. 
D) Our success depends on learning how nature sustains itself. 
E) None of these answers.

Question 2

All of the following are traps that block environmental literacy except

Accepted Answer

A) a faith in simple, easy answers 
B) gloom-and-doom pessimism 
C) critical evaluation of experts and leaders 
D) blind technological optimism 
E) both gloom-and-doom pessimism and critical evaluation of experts and leaders

Question 3

Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the use of ____________________ to assist millions of people in lifting themselves out of poverty.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank received...

Question 4

Match the options below with this list.
Use each response once, being careful to select the best choice.
-national wildlife refuge

Accepted Answer

A) protects waterfowl 
B) CEO of eco-industrial company 
C) Green Seal 
D) Superfund passed 
E) oil extraction permitted
F)hunting allowed
G)Clean Air Act passed
H)Clean Water Act passed
I)limits pollution
J)no oil extraction

Question 5

Excluding the external costs from the prices of goods and services

Accepted Answer

A) hides these costs from the consumer 
B) hinders the development of green goods and services 
C) promotes pollution and resource waste 
D) all of these answers 
E) both hides these costs from the consumer and promotes pollution and resource waste are correct.

Question 6

Which of the following countries have eliminated or reduced coal subsidies?

Accepted Answer

A) Belgium 
B) Japan 
C) Germany 
D) France 
E) all of these answers

Question 7

Which one of the following list of federal agencies that manage U.S. a.public lands is responsible for land that is used primarily for grazing, mining, and oil and gas extraction in the western states?

Accepted Answer

A) U.S. a.Forest Service 
B) U.S. a.Fish and Wildlife Service 
C) National Wildlife Refuge System 
D) National Park System 
E) Bureau of Land Management

Question 8

All of the following are elements of the Sustainability Dozen elements except:

Accepted Answer

A) Reduce car use. 
B) Buy or grow organic food. 
C) Use a car for two years while it runs well, and then discard it for a newer model. 
D) Reduce meat consumption. 
E) Buy locally grown food.

Question 9

Assume that you are an elected official and a decision-maker in your local community.
a.You are responsible for allocating funding among several groups requesting funds from one particular account that contains $10 million.
a.The groups requesting this money are a local food bank that feeds homeless people, the local parks department that wishes to create a greenbelt along a river that runs through downtown, a conservation group that wishes to restore a section of the river, an elementary school that wishes to start installing computers in some of its classrooms, a low-cost health clinic that provides family planning information, and the local public works department wishing to establish a "tool library" for home mechanics.How will you allocate this $10 million, and in what way will your allocation plan help us to bring about a sustainability revolution?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Assume that you are an elected official...

Question 10

The belief that we are a part of, and totally dependent on, nature is one of the principles of the

Accepted Answer

A) planetary management worldview 
B) stewardship worldview 
C) environmental dictatorship worldview 
D) environmental wisdom worldview 
E) spaceship Earth worldview

Question 11

The category of economist that has taken the middle ground in the debate about economic growth, and believes in fine-tuning economic systems and tools, is the

Accepted Answer

A) ecological economist 
B) environmental economist 
C) neoclassical economist 
D) neoconservative economist 
E) high-throughput economist

Question 12

Full-cost pricing

Accepted Answer

A) involves making the market price approach the true cost of economic goods 
B) fails to include the cost of pollution 
C) omits the costs of taxes 
D) increases the chance for environmental degradation 
E) all of these answers

Question 13

Match the options below with this list.
Use each response once, being careful to select the best choice.
-resource use permit

Accepted Answer

A) protects waterfowl 
B) CEO of eco-industrial company 
C) Green Seal 
D) Superfund passed 
E) oil extraction permitted
F)hunting allowed
G)Clean Air Act passed
H)Clean Water Act passed
I)limits pollution
J)no oil extraction

Question 14

It is easier to live sustainably when you

Accepted Answer

A) Have a sense of place. 
B) Live simply. 
C) Seek environmental wisdom instead of information. 
D) All of these answers. 
E) None of these answers.

Question 15

Stewardship is based on an idea that nature exists for all species alike and our success depends on how well we manage the Earth and nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A citizen-based global sustainability movement that is emerging is comprised of

Accepted Answer

A) a loosely connected worldwide network of grassroots NGOs 
B) regulatory agencies within governments that oversee environmental laws 
C) special interest groups that lobby for restriction of environmental laws 
D) environmentalists that have won elections 
E) a well-funded movement to change the way public lands are used in the U.S.

Question 17

Ecotaxes would tax pollution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The view that natural resources are important but not indispensable is held by

Accepted Answer

A) environmental economists 
B) ecological economists 
C) Eastern European economists 
D) neoclassical economists 
E) classical economists

Question 19

Two countries, Singapore and South Korea, moved from abject poverty to being world-class industrial powers within two decades by focusing on

Accepted Answer

A) education 
B) hard work 
C) discipline 
D) refocusing the national budget to environmental causes 
E) all of these except refocusing the national budget to environmental causes

Question 20

Match the options below with this list.
Use each response once, being careful to select the best choice.
-1970

Accepted Answer

A) protects waterfowl 
B) CEO of eco-industrial company 
C) Green Seal 
D) Superfund passed 
E) oil extraction permitted
F)hunting allowed
G)Clean Air Act passed
H)Clean Water Act passed
I)limits pollution
J)no oil extraction

Exam 17: Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews

Which of the following beliefs does not characterize an environmental-wisdom worldview?

All of the following are traps that block environmental literacy except

Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the use of ____________________ to assist millions of people in lifting themselves out of poverty.

Match the options below with this list. Use each response once, being careful to select the best choice. -national wildlife refuge

Excluding the external costs from the prices of goods and services

Which of the following countries have eliminated or reduced coal subsidies?

Which one of the following list of federal agencies that manage U.S. a.public lands is responsible for land that is used primarily for grazing, mining, and oil and gas extraction in the western states?

All of the following are elements of the Sustainability Dozen elements except:

The belief that we are a part of, and totally dependent on, nature is one of the principles of the

The category of economist that has taken the middle ground in the debate about economic growth, and believes in fine-tuning economic systems and tools, is the

Full-cost pricing

Match the options below with this list. Use each response once, being careful to select the best choice. -resource use permit

It is easier to live sustainably when you

Stewardship is based on an idea that nature exists for all species alike and our success depends on how well we manage the Earth and nature.

A citizen-based global sustainability movement that is emerging is comprised of

Ecotaxes would tax pollution.

The view that natural resources are important but not indispensable is held by

Two countries, Singapore and South Korea, moved from abject poverty to being world-class industrial powers within two decades by focusing on

Match the options below with this list. Use each response once, being careful to select the best choice. -1970