Quality of Life
What are the four main indicators used to measure quality of life?
Social, economic, political, and environmental
What term refers to the trend of countries becoming increasingly interconnected?
Globalization
What term refers to long-term changes in weather patterns, caused by human activity?
Climate change
Which football coach has the most Superbowl rings in NFL history?
Bill Belichick
Healthcare, education, and other social services are grouped into which QoL category?
Social
Name four of the five main types of globalization
Cultural, economic, political, environmental, and political
The _____________ is an environmental worldview which places human beings above all other species.
Anthropocentric worldview
Which Quentin Tarantino movie stars John Travolta, Samuel Jackson, and Uma Thurman?
Pulp Fiction
The __________________ uses life expectancy, mean years of schooling, and GDP per capita to measure a country’s QoL
Human Development Index (HDI)
Due to economic globalization, businesses all over the world ___________ with each other, and this causes innovation.
Compete!
How many mass extinctions has earth experienced (including the one we are currently going through)?
Six
___________ is the most common element in the universe.
Hydrogen
According to the North/South model of development, which hemisphere is typically wealthy and democratic?
Northern
The opposite of globalization is _________________, meaning a country refuses to get involved with the affairs of other countries.
What are the three main pillars of sustainability?
Ecological, economic, and social (or "equity")
Name the legendary basketball player who is commonly referred to as "The Stilt".
Name the country with the highest current HDI ranking (0.972)
Iceland
Tell me what the acronym NATO stands for.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
In what year was a moratorium placed on the Newfoundland cod industry?
1992
What is the only species of mammal that can lay eggs (hint: they also produce poison and have a bill)?
Platypus