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100

The study of how resources become goods and services that are distributed and used

Economics

100

Which statement about the relationship between economics and the environment is true?

A. Internal and external environmental costs are usually considered equally.

B. Long-term effects often receive more weight than short-term effects.

C. Harm to the environment can harm economies.

D. The relationship usually receives serious consideration.

100

Headquartered in New York City, the 190 member nations of the following organization work together to promote peace and to help solve economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems.

  • A.World Trade Organization
  • B.European Union
  • C.United Nations
  • D.Kyoto Protocol
100

Green taxes are used widely in the United States.

  • True
  • False


False

Europe

100

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Kyoto Protocol are examples of __________________________ designed to protect the environment.

International treaties

200

A tax on companies that harm the environment

Green Tax

200

"Energy Star," "USDA Organic," and "Fair Trade Certified" are all examples of

  • A.ecosystems.
  • B.ecolabelling.
  • C.non-market values
  • D.market failure.
200

A law that prohibits dumping wastes into the ocean and punishes people who dump wastes demonstrates which approach to environmental policy?

  • A.green tax
  • B.command-and-control
  • C.cap-and-trade
  • D.subsidy
200

The United Nations is a group of 27 member nations that can sign treaties and enact regulations that have the same authority as national laws in each member nation.

  • True
  • False


False

European Union

200

The laws that make up historical U.S. environmental policy can be divided into ___________________  periods.

Three

300

A comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of a specific action

Cost-Benefit analysis

300

In making environmental policies, government interacts with

  • A.organizations.
  • B.businesses.
  • C.citizens.
  • D.all of the above.
300

A power company is given free land by the government to reduce the cost of providing wind-generated electricity to rural residents. This is an example of a

  • A.command-and-control approach.
  • B.cap-and-trade system.
  • C.subsidy.
  • D.green tax.
300

In the United States, the strength of environmental policy is constant from state to state.

  • True
  • False


False

Different

300

Name an example of a "service" provided by ecological systems.

Purifying air and water

400

The amount of a product offered for sale at a given price

Supply

400

In the U.S., laws enacted from the 1780s to the late 1800s reflected the perception that

  • A. the amount of land and natural resources in the West was endless.
  • B. the natural resources of the West could be used up and required legal protection.
  • C. Americans were living amid dirtier air, dirtier water, and more waste and toxic chemicals.
  • D. a sustainable future should be a primary goal.
400

The first step of the environmental policy process is to

  • A.guide the solution to law.
  • B.identify the problem.
  • C.get organized.
  • D.gain access to policymakers.
400

All economies depend on the environment.

  • True
  • False


True

400

What were some of the costs of westward expansion in the United States?

Many native Americans were displaced and natural resources were overused and abused

500

Efforts to influence an elected official to support a specific interest 

Lobbying

500

Most major laws in modern U.S. environmental policy were enacted in the

  • A.1960s and 1970s.
  • B.1980s and 1990s.
  • C.years between 2000–2005.
  • D.years between 2005–2010.
500

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500

Decision makers commonly use a method called supply and demand in which they compare what they will sacrifice and gain by a specific action.

  • True
  • False


False

Cost-Benefit analysis

500

How can people who are too young to vote make an impact on environmental policy?

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