In the mid-1900s the main sources of immigrants were
A. Africa and the Middle East
B. Australia and New Zealand
C. Northern and Western Europe
D. Asia and Latin America
D. Asia and Latin America
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You observe a fish-eating osprey bird with its chicks near Everglades National Park. What commonly used pesticide nearly caused the extinction of this and other large predatory bird species in the 1970s?
A) Malathion B) Round Up C) DDT D) Pyrethroids
The acronym HIPPO identifies the five major factors contributing to extinction today. These are
A) humans, invasive species, periodic climate changes, pollution, and overexploitation. B) hunting, immigration, people, population, and outsourcing. C) housing, immigration, people, pollution, and overproduction. D) habitat destruction, invasive species, pollution, population growth, and overexploitation.
A physical feature, such as a body of water, might actually aid transportation and migration because ocean travel may be easier than overland travel. However, if that physical feature hinders migration, it is an example of
A) an environmental push factor. B) a forced migration. C) an intervening obstacle. D) a cultural pull factor. E) an environmental incentive.
What was NOT associated with the Industrial Revolution?
A) Food became more expensive and malnutrition increased. B) Productivity levels surged. C) Clothing became relatively cheap, even for the working class. D) Life expectancies rose. E) The rise of a new class of people, the industrial working class, occurred.