EWS2601 EXAM QUESTIONS AND FAITHFUL ANSWERS May 2013.

EWS2601 EXAM QUESTIONS AND FAITHFUL ANSWERS May 2013. According to Jared Diamond (2005),the major environmental challenges facing contemporary society includes.... - ANSWER-- serious soil erosion - negative effects of toxic chemicals - increasing depletion of fresh water resources .Act likely to stimulate the most debate about whether it can be classified as a crime - ANSWER-Members of resistance organisation attack security installations of the regime they are fighting against .Africa is generally regarded as being very vulnerable to climate change bc: - ANSWER-- changes in ocean currents in North Atlantic Ocean are affecting weather patterns - governments in Africa do not integrate climate change scenarios into development plans - shifting rainfall patterns in east Africa + the region of the Great Lakes are affecting + disrupting agricultural output - decline in coral reefs around Africa is threatening ecosystems of oceans around continent .After institution in 1994 of democratic government in SA, which notion of identity was used by chiefs in the Sodwana are of Maputaland to open up a way to provide benefits to members of their chiefdoms 1. National identity 2. Transnational identity 3. Cultural identity 4. Racial identity 5. Religious identity - ANSWER-3. Cultural identity .Antiglobalisation activism .... - ANSWER-Is against neoliberal capitalist globalisation .Best describe relationships between members of modern-day communities at local geographical level - ANSWER-People have different aims + belongs to vanity of networks .Changes in global inequality: - ANSWER-- answer one gets regarding levels of inequality depends partly on indicators used to measure it - between 1950 + 2000, average income of people living in Africa has declined relative to that received by people in developed countries - level of global inequality improves if we focus on increase in average living standards in China over last few decades