Kargel Social Science

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100

The “great acceleration” began around:

1950

200

Scientists have identified three major, interrelated features of global climate change, collectively known as:

the triple planetary crisis 

300

The ice core named NGRIP2, after which age of the Holocene is named, is located in:

Greenland 

400

Scholars within the same scholarly field have which three commonalities?

object of study, types of evidence, methods of analysis 

500

The weakening of the polar vortex is an example of a

negative feedback

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100

The solar minima that occurred between 1654 and 1715 is known as the

Maunder minimum 

200

The Quaternary Period consists of which two periods of time?

Pleistocene and Holocene epochs

300

Historical amounts of pollen can be determined from

sediment layers

400

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established in the late:

1980s

500

A study from the United Nations found that flood and droughts increased the prevalence of:

malnutrition 

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100

The Holocene thermal maximum occurred during the:

Greenlandian Stage

200

According to the Social Science Resource Guide, the leading cause of the Anthropocene is the: 

human burning of fossil fuels

300

Scientists began to recognize the relationship between carbon dioxide levels and global warming in the:

1950s

400

One example discussed in the Social Science Resource Guide of climate colonialism is the

Green New Deal

500

In Mesoamerica, which empire reigned in the period between 1200-400 BCE?

Olmec

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100

Roughly when did the first major human societies emerge?

6,000 years ago

200

The Pleistocene began roughly

2.58 million years ago

300

Protests over the Keystone Dakota Access Pipeline were centered against this extractive resource:

oil

400

The biosphere consists of all the _____ on the earth.

living organisms 

500

Alexander the Great was known for establishing this shared common language in conquered areas:

Greek

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100

The prefix “paleo” means:

ancient

200

Construction at Standing Rock continued under the order of which American president?

Donald Trump

300

The Akkadian Empire was located near modern day

Iraq

400

A recent study from the United Kingdom suggest that nearly one third of British media broadcasts

cast doubt on climate change science

500

The Quaternary Period began about

2.6 million years ago