Pleistocene North America
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Ethics
Key Points
Silent Spring
100
Humans made an ecological impact ______ y.a.
11 - 13,000 years ago
100
This is where humans first evolved
East Africa
100
This attitudes to nature sees humans as above nature, and nature as tools
Anthropocentrism
100
This event was when the Europeans expanded westward
Manifest Destiny
100
Silent Spring focused on the overuse of chemicals, but especially _____.
DDT
200
This 2 piece weapon involves an arrow that you "sling"
Atlatl
200
The prefix of the word "eco" means _____.
House
200
This extreme form of anthropocentrism came over wit the Europeans
Eurocentrism
200
The Europeans specifically brought over _____, ____, and _____, which impacted the natives and big biology of North America.
Germs, Guns, and Steel
200
Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, was published in ______.
1962
300
This weapon comes to a point and many natives used it to kill mammoths
Clovis Point
300
Humans first arrived to North America _______
20-25,000 y.a.
300
This view of nature does not think humans are superior to nature, and recognizes its intrinsic value
Ecocentrism
300
Widened stream beds, increased sediment loads, and habitat damage are some of the effects of _____.
splash dams
300
This man was hired by the Chemical Industry to counteract Rachel Carson's influence.
Dr.Robert White Stevens
400
The animals that used to be in North America are now typically only found in
Africa
400
This act protects species from being taken across state lines illegally.
The Lacey Act
400
This perspective sees nature primarily for how we can utilize it, and is focused on human well being. Pinchot thought this way
Conservationist
400
The major impact of logging to the land and nearby streams was ______.
erosion
400
This effect of DDT moves up the food chain, eventually interfering with calcium metabolism in predatory birds.
Bioaccumulation
500
This event is where many mega fauna (big animals) went extinct 11-13000 y.a.
The Pleistocene Overkill [Hypothesis]
500
Passenger pigeons used to be the most numerous bird in North America. What is the most numerous bird today?
Chickens
500
This person said these: the wilderness is the “fount of life”, and “forests are God’s first temples".
John Muir
500
A variety of species, ecosysyems, communities and genttic diverstiy can all refer to the term _________.
Biodiversity
500
Rachel Carson was not completely against chemicals or pesticides. She was against the _____ of chemicals.
overuse
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