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The epoch dating just before the Anthropocene is known as the:
Permian
Holocene
Cambrian
Mesozoic
Silurian
Holocene
Which of the following ancient American empires gained control over the Andean mountain region by the 1400s CE?
Maya
Toltec
Inca
Aztec
Olmec
Inca
The Holocene is best described as
a subepoch of the Quaternary period
a period of great acceleration
an interglacial period
a solar minima
an ice age
an interglacial period
Which of the following activities was the highest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe between 1990 and 2017?
wildlife
industrial processes
energy
agriculture
waste
energy
Alexander the Great was known for establishing this shared common language in conquered areas:
Greek, Sanskrit, Farsi, Latin, Hebrew
Greek
President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from which of the following policies in 2017?
Paris Agreement
Justice40 Initiative
Kyoto Protocol
Inflation Reduction Act
United Nations
Justice40 Initiative
James E. Hansen testified before which of the following entities in 1988 regarding the greenhouse gas effect and climate change?
the United Nations
the United States Senate
the British Parliament
the WMO
the United States Supreme Court
The United States Senate
The practice of occupying and residing in land that one forcibly obtains from existing inhabitants is referred to as:
imperialism
settler colonialism
exploration
concentration
mandate of heaven
settler colonialism
The Laurentide Ice Sheet was located in modern day
Russia
China
Brazil
Finland
Canada
Canada
The activist Alessandra Korap Munduruku is from the country of
Canada, France, Thailand, Ghana, Brazil
Brazil
The word "anthropocene" derives from Greek anthropos, meaning:
rock
human
new
study
group
human
The IPCC was created to independently assess the science produced out of which two climate programs?
NASA and WMO
ICSU and UNEP
UNEP and GARP
WMO and IGBP
WCRP and IGBP
WCRP and IGBP
Which of the following significant time periods is associated with the concept of humanism?
Enlightenment
Little Ice Age
Renaissance
Middle Ages
Scientific Revolution
Renaissance
The Mauna Loa Observatory is located in which of the following places?
Alaska, Samoa, Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand
Hawaii
The Anthropocene Working Group is a special body created within the
LIA, IGBP, AWG, ICS, WMO
ICS
Which country has a per capita carbon dioxide emissions level that was roughly half that of the the United States in 2019?
the UK
Canada
India
Russia
China
China
Which of the following is related to the interaction between volcanic gasses and the atmosphere?
ozone destruction
all of the above
acid rain
conversation of sulfur to sulfuric acid
cirrus cloud nucleation
all of the above
Wind and solar energy made up roughly what percentage of the total global energy produced in 2022?
30
65
5
12
50
12
Which of the following hurricanes struck Florida in 2022 and caused 156 deaths and $112 billion in damages?
Harvey, Katrina, Ivan, Ian, Sandy
Ian
An interglacial period is defined as a(n):
cold millennium, ice age, major meltwater event, warm period between ice ages, cool period between warming caused by solar cycles
warm period between ice ages
The process of capturing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and storing it is called carbon
sequestration
recycling
footprint
gain
extraction
sequestration
Which of the following is a main difference between the archives of nature and the archives of society?
Archives of society contain clues about the past, while archives of nature contain information about the present.
Archives of society rely on sources produced by humans, while archives of nature rely on sources found in the natural world.
Archives of society are older than archives on nature.
Archives of society and archives of nature both repositories of information that can be used to understand past climates.
Archives of society rely on sources produced by humans, while archives of nature rely on sources found in the natural world.
The solar minima that occurred between 1654 and 1715 is known as the
wolf minimum
dalton minimum
akkadian minimum
macedonian minimum
maunder minimum
Maunder minimum
The term "Anthropocene" was coined by which of the following two individuals?
Eugene F. Stoermer and Paul J. Crutzen
Together, the United States and which country accounted for 42% of global GDP in 2021?
Japan France, Germany, Canada, China
China