Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Politics is about power.
2. Wealthier people in the world use a disproportionate share of Earth's resources.
3. In the 1990s the middle classes grew wealthier in poorer countries.
4. Most countries are true nation-states, composed of a single religious, linguistic, and ethnic
group.
5. European global influence after 1750 was related to the industrial revolution.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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A. Because of large government subsidies and tax breaks to oil producers. B. Because of the cost of transporting oil across the ocean from the Middle East. C. Because of advertising and marketing costs. D. Because it is very difficult to explore and produce oil in Alaska and offshore.
The amount of C in the atmosphere is higher now than any time in the last 800,000 years
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and historical geology?
A) Physical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and deposition in relation to plate movements in the geologic past; historical geology charts how and where the plates were moving in the past. B) Physical geology is the study of fossils and sequences of rock strata; historical geology is the study of how rocks and minerals were used in the past. C) Historical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and geologic events, utilizing the geologic time scale as a reference; physical geology includes the study of how rocks form and of how erosion shapes the land surface. D) None of the above—physical geology and historical geology are essentially the same.
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A) NO B) CO C) NO2 D) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) E) SO2