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