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Human Environment Interaction
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a person is forced out of a region because of bad circumstances
Push factor
4000
Sandhills
1849
2. Oil shale is located in many regions - but the one we discussed was in the state of_______.
Thomas Austin
North Dakota
2000
Infectious disease
3. Lake Nassar has buried many wonders of what ancient empire?
Arable
Silt
Egypt
2000
4. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?
1849
Bikini Atoll
Nuclear power plant
2000 mile long fence
5. African nation that has oil resources but has mismanaged them
Nigeria
Aswan High Dam
Desertification
Push factor
6. When a person is pulled into a region because that region has great positives
Lake Nassar
1 billion
Pull Factor
Push factor
7. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch
Pacific
Pull Factor
300
Aswan High Dam
8. The name of the pipeline that was proposed to go through the US
Andes Mountains
Bikini Atoll
Keystone
Sandhills
9. This place was chosen for nuclear testing because it wasn't near shipping lanes.
Tourism
2000
Infectious disease
Bikini Atoll
10. What destroyed pastures - stripped land and brought on extinction of native animals?
Rabbits
5
Lake Nassar
Egypt
11. Process of a region turning into a desert due to poor farming process
Nuclear power plant
Evaporation
Slash and burn
Desertification
12. Idea of bringing down trees and setting them ablaze to deposit their nutrients in farm ground in the amazon.
Nigeria
Slash and burn
Terpen
North Dakota
13. Group of islands used for nuclear testing in Oceans by the USA
Terpen
2000 mile long fence
Rabbits
Bikini Atoll
14. Region that has had a large role in the creation of the Ogallala Aquifer
Fossil fuels
Terpen
Holland
Sandhills
15. Millions of water in Lake Nassar are lost to __________.
Thomas Austin
Silt
Evaporation
Slash and burn
16. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.
Terracing
300
1 billion
Lake Nassar
17. This dammed off the Nile River
Aswan High Dam
Keystone
Silt
Lake Nassar
18. The Aswan High Dam increased the arable land of Egypt by ______ percent.
Evaporation
Desertification
50
Keystone
19. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.
Soviet Union
Bikini Atoll
Terracing
Slash and burn
20. Land that is suitable for farming
4000
Slash and burn
Arable
Bikini Atoll
21. The Australian government introduced this into blood of rabbits to control their populations.
Dike
5
Infectious disease
Bikini Atoll
22. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification
Sahel
1849
Slash and burn
Fox
23. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska
Scandinavia
Andes Mountains
Sandhills
300
24. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea
Bikini Atoll
Nuclear power plant
Slash and burn
Polder
25. The Aswan High Dam stopped organic matter in water to deposit _______ into the lands of Egypt which served like free fertilizer.
Scandinavia
Dike
Silt
Desertification
26. A positive of this is that it brings in money and jobs to a region
Pacific
Tourism
Urbanization
Desertification
27. When people move from the rural areas to the city
Urbanization
2000
Sandhills
Bikini Atoll
28. The main reason for the Pacific Garbage patch is Ocean ________.
Currents
Bikini Atoll
2000
Nuclear power plant
29. The average person created ___ lbs of waste per day
Sandhills
5
Dike
Lake Nassar
30. By 1900 - how many rabbits were there in 1900?
5
Slash and burn
1 billion
Sandhills
31. ______ is harder to mine - harder to process and is harmful to the environment
Terpen
300
Oil Shale
Thomas Austin
32. An energy that cannot be renewed and made from decomposed plant matter
Sandhills
Scandinavia
Fossil fuels
Terpen
33. A negative of this is that is uses up good agricultural land and widens the gap between rich and poor
Nuclear
Tourism
Polder
Fossil fuels
34. _____ Power is an exciting prospect because its renewable and clean - but its waste is radioactive.
1 billion
180
1849
Nuclear
35. Once a region has used ________________ it is good for a while but then the land becomes infertile
Slash and burn
Nuclear power plant
Keystone
North Dakota
36. City in Italy that sit on water and uses canals for roads
Venice
Pacific
Nuclear
Rabbits
37. The Aswan High Dam created a lake called....
Lake Nassar
Slash and burn
1849
4000
38. Nation where land reclamation has allowed the nation to grow by 40%
Garbage
Holland
Terpen
2000
39. A man made dam
180
Dike
North Dakota
Aswan High Dam
40. Animal plaguing Australia
Lake Nassar
Rabbits
Thomas Austin
Infectious disease
41. A man made elevated region for people who live in low lying areas to go in case of flood
Rabbits
Evaporation
300
Terpen
42. Number of people killed in attacks on Nigerian oil lines
Rabbits
Push factor
Tourism
2000
43. Region where terracing is used in South America
Andes Mountains
Tourism
Bikini Atoll
Slash and burn
44. Australia built one of these to try and stop spread of rabbits.
Keystone
2000 mile long fence
Andes Mountains
Sandhills
45. Number of Nigerian oil spills that have not been cleaned up
Slash and burn
Push factor
Bikini Atoll
4000
46. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.
Slash and burn
Nuclear power plant
Tourism
Scandinavia
47. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe
Currents
Scandinavia
Keystone
Oil Shale
48. Person who released the Australian rabbits.
300
Pull Factor
Thomas Austin
Slash and burn
49. Animal that Australia used to try and control rabbit populations.
Garbage
Bikini Atoll
Fox
Dike
50. In 18 months 2 rabbits can create how many baby rabbits?
Scandinavia
Rabbits
Push factor
180
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