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2024 D199 WGU EXAM WITH
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the agricultural revolution roughly - CORRECT-ANSWERScoincides with a
warm interglacial period that began about 11,700 years ago which is called
the HOLOCENE era (warm stable climate)

Which examples of involuntary migration have had an impact on the United
States? - CORRECT-ANSWERS-Trafficking of slaves from Africa before the
Civil War
-Forced removal of the Cherokee from their ancestral lands in the 1830s

Which factors caused years of forced internal migration in Colombia, leading
up to today? - CORRECT-ANSWERS-Political struggle for control of land and
resources
-Illegal drug trading supported by paramilitary groups
-Guerrilla violence among armed rebels

in the last 10,000 years: - CORRECT-ANSWERShumans began modifying the
land surface for growing food with advent of agricultural revolution

the last 270 years of the holocene ushered into the - CORRECT-
ANSWERSINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION when climate pollution began to increase
dramatically

the industrial revolution was powered by - CORRECT-ANSWERSfossil fuels


How can amenity migration negatively affect an area? - CORRECT-ANSWERS-
Land consumption increases.
-Environmental damages may occur
-The cultural landscape changes

Which reason would explain why a developed country would welcome
migrants? - CORRECT-ANSWERSFalling birth rates have made it hard to fill
dirty, difficult, and dangerous jobs.

What is the root cause of the challenges faced by seasonal workers in West
Bengal, India? - CORRECT-ANSWERSMigrants often arrive without employee
contracts and are desperate for jobs to fund needed remittances to send
home.

, How can labor rights be linked with migration - CORRECT-ANSWERSWhen
workers organize, some companies threaten to move to other countries

What role does social trust play in the degree to which immigrants are
accepted - CORRECT-ANSWERSThose who exhibit high levels of social trust
are less likely to feel prejudice toward immigrants.

Why is spatial data considered so valuable? - CORRECT-ANSWERSThe ability
to track location has applications for businesses, governments, and
individuals.

What role did the heartland theory play in the politics of the twentieth
century - CORRECT-ANSWERSit drove countries such as Germany and the
Soviet Union to push for control of eastern Europe.

How did the Peace of Westphalia (1648) reinvent the global political
landscape? - CORRECT-ANSWERSIt introduced the concept of sovereign
nation-states that had the right to order their own affairs.

human development index (HDI) - CORRECT-ANSWERS-developed in 1990
and is used by the United Nations Development Program to measure a
standard of human development
- refers to the widening opportunities available to individuals for education,
healthcare, income, and employment
-The HDI incorporates variables such as standards of living, literacy rate, and
life expectancy to indicate a measure of well-being or the quality of life for a
specific country.

Norway - CORRECT-ANSWERS#1 in human development

what began after world war II? - CORRECT-ANSWERSthe great acceleration
(1950-present)
-caused depletion in the ozone layer
-After 1950, the biodiversity of species started decreasing and the extinction
of species accelerated

The Great Acceleration marks the beginning of - CORRECT-ANSWERSHomo
sapiens' truly massive global imprint on the planet
-The climate has already warmed by 1°C since 1900.
-If humans continue with business-as-usual consumption of fossil fuels, the
warming between 1900 and 2100 could exceed 4°C.

the greenhouse effect. - CORRECT-ANSWERSIt is this trapping of heat energy
that otherwise would have escaped to space through the atmosphere
-allows solar radiation to enter
-the blanket effect

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