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