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Question 1:

The ‘Tragedy of Commons’ is now used in relation to what?
a) Discrimination against indigenous people
b) Mismanagement of common natural resources
c) The dearth of endangered animal species
d) Destruction of virgin forests
e) A fictional story about the end of the world

Question 2:

Which of the following illustrates the complexities involved in environmental policy-making on transboundary externalities?
a) National parks
b) Fresh water
c) International airspace
d) Forest reserves

Question 3:

The International Joint Commission (IJC) was established by the United States and Canada in 1905 for acceptable joint management of which key resource?
a) The Arctic region
b) Niagara Falls
c) The Trans-American Highway
d) Freshwater sources

Question 4:

Which of the following methods were used by early conservationists in North America to preserve potentially vulnerable species and land?
a) The imposition of trespassing fines
b) The establishment of protected areas
c) A ban on swimming
d) The conservation of rain water

Question 5:

Which of the following works spurred on interest in environmental issues in the 1960s?
a) Vanishing Borders
b) Tragedy of the Commons
c) Silent Spring
d) Cry the Beloved Country
e) Our Common Heritage

Question 6:

Which of these high profile individual was at the forefront of the environmental campaigns of the 1960s?
a) Nancy Reagan
b) Jackie Kennedy
c) Ladybird Johnson
d) Marilyn Monroe
e) Martin Luther King Junior

Question 7:

Which leading NGO has championed environmental causes since the 1960s?
a) Green Earth
b) Greenpeace
c) Transparency International
d) The UN
e) Oxfam

Question 8:

Which major event largely helped raise public awareness of and generated political support for environmental friendly policies?
a) The assassination of President Kennedy
b) The moonwalk
c) The Cuban Revolution
d) The Cold War
e) The passage of the Environmental Protectionism Act

Question 9:

Which of the following was among one of the first measures of environmental governance enacted by the UN?
a) The Kyoto Accord
b) The Conference on the Law of the Sea
c) The Earth Conference
d) The Environmental Protection Act
e) The Conference on the Human Environment

Question 10:

Which of the following is regarded as marking one of the first instances where the UN had turned to a global forum as a means of addressing a collective environmental problem?
a) The 1968 UNESCO conference
b) The 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment
c) The Conference on the Law of the Sea
d) The Rio Earth Summit
e) None of the above.

Question 11:

Which key UN agency was set up at the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment, also known as the Stockholm Conference?
a) The United Nations Environment Program
b) The United Nations Food Program
c) The Environmental Protection Program
d) The UN Conference on Trade and Development
e) The International Seabed Authority

Question 12:

The main report issued at the end the 1983 World Commission on Environ¬ment and Development was known as ‘________’.
a) The Common Humanity
b) Millenium Development Goals
c) Save the World
d) Our Common Future
e) Our Common Destiny

Question 13:

Which of the following countries has failed to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?
a) The United Kingdom
b) China
c) France
d) The United States
e) India

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