As discussed in lecture, to "conquer" or "conserve" nature are actually two closely related ideas because they are both:
A. Results of the "green hell" or "jungle" mindset
B. Directed towards active environmental management
C. Based on the assumption that humans are separate from nature
D. ...
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As discussed in lecture, to "conquer" or "conserve" nature are actually two closely related ideas
because they are both:
A. Results of the "green hell" or "jungle" mindset
B. Directed towards active environmental management
C. Based on the assumption that humans are separate from nature
D. Products of colonialism
E. Types of state-directed environmental policies correct answers C. Based on the assumption
that humans are separate from nature
Which of the following is NOT one of the four types of property regimes?
A. Open Access
B. Land titles and patents
C. Private
D. State/government-controlled
E. Common-Property correct answers B. Land titles and patents
According to lecture, why do Solomon Islanders adhere to the fishing and access restrictions
imposed by local chiefs?
A. The chiefs control access to fishing line, hooks, and other necessary fishing gear
B. To ensure the long-term viability of the fishing resources
C. Because if villagers disobey their chiefs that person will be socially ostracized
D. Because the government listens to the chiefs and imposes fines
E. Fish are considered their ancestors correct answers C. Because if villagers disobey their chiefs
that person will be socially ostracized
How are the fishing regulation in the pepesos from the Solomon Islands a form of passive
conservation?
A. No-take laws help keep fish populations high
B. Social regulations curb over-fishing and socially ostracize villagers who go against the will of
the chiefs.
C. NGOs work to maintain a functioning ecosystem
D. Fishing restrictions are not intended to protect fish for their own sake, but rather to supply
food for feasts.
E. None of the above correct answers D. Fishing restrictions are not intended to protect fish for
their own sake, but rather to supply food for feasts.
You're attending a Motley Crue concert and just a few minutes after the concert starts the person
in front of you stands up. This forces you to stand and within a few minutes the entire crowd is
standing. This is an example where:
A. Individual self-interest conflicts with the interests of the group
B. Rock'n'roll is deeply loved
C. Adam Smith's idea of the 'invisible hand' prevailed
D. Extractability was evident
, E. Cooperation equals social intensification correct answers A. Individual self-interest conflicts
with the interests of the group
According to Borgheroff-Mulder and Coppolillo, Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" tends to
occur in which of the following property regimes?
A. Open access
B. Common property
C. Private property
D. Political regimes
E. Non-renewable regimes correct answers A. Open access
According to lecture, what was a key reason why the cod fishery off the coast of New England
and Nova Scotia appeared healthy but was in fact being overfished?
A. The fishermen didn't care about the cod
B. A major disease spread through the cod fishery and shifted the ecology towards lobsters and
other crustaceans
C. The fishery's productivity was measured by the amount of fish caught by the fishermen
D. New England's colonial economy was based around a 'cod aristocracy'
E. None of the answers are correct correct answers C. The fishery's productivity was measured
by the amount of fish caught by the fishermen
According to lecture, how can the 'catch shares' management scheme improve the long-term
sustainability of fisheries?
A. Boat captains can fish whenever the they choose
B. Fishers tend to take fewer undesirable fish 'by-catch'
C. Fishers don't have to race to fish as many fish as fast as they can
D. It shifts the fishery from an open access regime to one where fishers 'own' the resource.
E. All of the answers are correct correct answers E. All of the answers are correct
According to Igoe, _______________ is pushing the Maasai off their lands?
A. globalization
B. conservation
C. open access property
D. starvation
E. warfare correct answers B. conservation
The film, "Milking the Rhino", what is meant by "the myth of wild Africa."
A. The stories and tales of indigenous tribes lost through colonization.
B. The idea of "spirituality" over religion, found in most countries.
C. The Western idea that African wildlife lives separate from people.
D. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
E. The varied in and diverse ecosystem found on the African continent correct answers C. The
Western idea that African wildlife lives separate from people.
How does the title of the film "Milking the Rhino" capture a shift in the relationship between
African wildlife and rural livelihoods?
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