Unit 1: One World, Many Issues
Name a qualitative factor in measuring quality of life.
Happiness
What distinguishes intensive from extensive farming?
Intensive farming uses more inputs per hectare; extensive farming uses more land with fewer inputs.
Name three examples of chemical deterioration.
Leaching, Salinization, and Acidification
What is a chokepoint?
a narrow waterway with strategic importance
The term that this definition refers to: the trend toward greater interconnectedness of the world’s financial, economic, technological, political, cultural, sociological, and ecological, and geographical systems.
globalization
Which agricultural technology uses “molecular scissors” to edit plant DNA?
CRISPR
Name the three types of soil erosion.
Water Erosion, Wind Erosion, and Tillage Erosion
Name the three major maritime chokepoints studied in this course.
Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, and Suez Canal.
Which worldview sees Earth as fragile with limited resources?
Limits to Growth or ecocentrism
Which innovation allows crops to grow indoors year-round without soil?
Hydroponics
What is the main ecological consequence of excess phosphorus entering lakes?
Eutrophication (algal blooms that reduce oxygen levels in the water).
Name three factors that influence a country's geopolitical power.
Location, resources, population, military strength, economy, or technology.
What is the difference between HDI and GDP?
GDP measures wealth; HDI measures quality of life.
why large-scale mechanized agriculture developed successfully in the Canadian Prairies?
What does virtual water trade involve?
Trading goods that contain "hidden" water.
Why can access to a warm-water port be a major geopolitical advantage?
It allows year-round trade and naval access.
The term that this definition refers to: the people who are directly connected to or impacted by the issue.
stakeholder
The term that this definition refers to: the number of people that the world’s resources can support using the technology that exists at the time.
carrying capacity
What does HYVs stand for?
High-yield varieties
What are the three types of waste that pollute surface waters? All three are needed for points.
sewage waste, chemical waste, and agricultural waste