Biomes
The biome characterized by thick, hot jungles that receive frequent rainfall; very biodiverse
rainforests
Name a culture of the desert and explain how the desert impacts their culture.
Bedouins, Tuaregs, San, Arabs
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Name 3 kinds of clean energy.
Wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal
Cutting down trees and destroying forests
deforestation
The biome characterized by a total lack of precipitation and almost no plant life
desert
Explain why medieval European kings didn't let peasants hunt or farm on most of the land and one unintended consequence of this.
They wanted to keep the best for themselves. This led to the protection of a lot of biodiversity in Europe's forests even today.
True or false: Antarctica was the second-to-last continent to be discovered by Europeans after Australia.
False! Antarctica was discovered more than a century after Australia.
Name 2 differences between the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.
Kyoto -- legally binding, charged fines for not meeting goals, required only wealthy countries to set goals
Paris -- not legally binding, encouraged all countries to set goals, no punishments for non-compliance, some countries avoiding setting goals
Land becoming like a desert; the expansion of the desert
desertification
deciduous forest
Name an indigenous people of the tundra, name their country, and explain how the tundra impacts their culture.
Sámi (Norway/Sweden/Finland; reindeer herding, nomadic lifestyle), Nenets (Russia; reindeer herding, nomadic lifestyle, houses made of snow), Greenlanders (Greenland; whale hunting, reindeer hunting, using every part of the animal)
Name 3 countries that have territorial claims on Antarctica
Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France
Name 2 similarities between the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol.
Had the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing global temperatures, asking countries to set their own goals, controlled by the UN
building factories and increasing industries
industrialization
The biome characterized by very little vegetation, very little precipitation, and freezing temperatures
tundra
Name an indigenous group of the rainforest (or rather, a country that has people who live traditionally in the rainforest) and how the rainforest impacted their culture.
Peoples of Papua New Guinea (diverse languages, diverse cultures, cleanest river in the world), peoples of the Amazon (traditional homes, traditional land management techniques and farming techniques like black soil)
Name 3 unique rules for scientific researchers in Antarctica.
Undergoing a medical exam before departure, crushing and shipping out all waste, importing all food, navigating with ropes during snowstorms, wearing thick snow gear to protect themselves
What climate disaster is facing Tuvalu? What is the population going to do?
Rising sea levels are eroding and flooding their islands, forcing them to relocate to Fiji
Expanding cities and human settlements
urbanization
Land near the Arctic that is permanently frozen
permafrost
Name one traditional sustainable farming method of medieval Europe.
pollarding -- cutting the dead upper branches of a tree so it can regrow
coppicing -- cutting a tree close to the bottom so it regrows
pannage -- sending pigs into the forest to clean up acorns and other things on the forest floor
Name 2 things the Antarctic Treaty System guaranteed
No new claims could be made, no trash could be dumped, no profit could be made, no settlement by people, anyone can conduct scientific research
Name 3 policies of Thomas Sankara to stop desertification in the Sahel.
The soil losing its nutrients due to overuse and becoming unusable
soil degradation