Intl 101 chapter 2 quiz

Desertification affects 36 countries in Africa. What percentage of the continent's farmland has lost capacity for growing crops due to desertification?

65%

By which name is the United Nations Conference on Environmental and Development in Rio de Janeiro known?

Earth Summit

According to current estimates, in which two countries do the majority of the 780 million people suffering from hunger live?

India and China

what are the three R's

Reduce: e-waste, Reuse: Habitat for Humanity, Recycle: waste picking

What is geography?

The study of the earth and its features

All of the following are examples of the tragedy of the commons except for the ______.

cutting down of trees on private property

A natural asset of the earth that is available to all is better known as ______.

global commons

Alexander von Humboldt

he is considered one of the founders of modern geography work on botanical geography was foundational to the field of biogeography; set about the task of collecting and analyzing data about the relationships between the spatial distribution of rocks, plants, and animals. made the first systematic observations about the climate as related to geography

All of the following factors affect the cost of food except for ______.

nutritional quality

All of the following are examples of the R "reuse" except for ______.

placing plastic bottles and other items in appropriate containers during trash pickups

All of the following are ways in which humans contribute to the environmental tragedy except for ______.

pollination

Deforestation is ______.

the destruction of forest areas due to human actions or environmental factors

carrying capacity

the largest population that an environment can support at any given time