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