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quiz: general environment
1) In what year was Rachel Carson's ground-breaking book about the possible dangers of pesticide use first published? One answer only.    A: 1952    B: 1957    C: 1962 2) What was the book called? One answer only.    A: Deadly Cloud    B: Poison River    C: Silent Spring 3) In what year was the United Nations Conference on Human Environment? One answer only.    A: 1970    B: 1972    C: 1974 4) Where did it take place? One answer only.    A: Nairobi    B: Stockholm    C: London 5) Which group of countries boycotted it? One answer only.    A: The Non Aligned Movement    B: The Warsaw Pact countries    C: The Organisation of African Unity 6) In what year was the 'Limits to Growth' report published? One answer only.    A: 1970    B: 1972    C: 1974 7) The LtG report argued that without changing current practices ecological limits were likely to be reached in how many years? One answer only.    A: 25    B: 60    C: 100 8) In what year did the UN General Assembly consider demands for a New international Economic Order? One answer only.    A: 1970    B: 1972    C: 1974 9) Which of the following has NOT been the site of a nuclear accident of some kind? One answer only.    A: Chernobyl    B: Bhophal    C: Three Mile Island 10) Which organisation is generally accepted as having FIRST used the term 'Sustainable Development'? One answer only.    A: IUCN    B: WCED    C: Greenpeace 11) Sustainable Development has since become associated with a former Norwegian Prime Minister. Her name should be spelled: One answer only.    A: Brundtland    B: Brundland    C: Brundtlund 12) The report 'Our Common Future', written by the woman referred to in the question above, was first published in which year? One answer only.    A: 1985    B: 1986    C: 1987 13) What does the C stand for in UNCED? One answer only.    A: Committee    B: Council    C: Conference 14) In what city is/was UNCED based? One answer only.    A: Stockholm    B: Nairobi    C: Rio 15) Where are the headquarters of UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) One answer only.    A: Nairobi    B: Jakarta    C: New York 16) Which is the poorest organisation (in financial terms)? One answer only.    A: UNEP    B: UNDP    C: Manchester United FC 17) Which of the following authors would you not see on the environment reading list? One answer only.    A: Dobson    B: Sessions    C: Brickwood 18) Which country has had a 'green' foreign minister? One answer only.    A: Costa Rica    B: Germany    C: France 19) Which Japanese city hosted climate change negotiations in 1997? One answer only.    A: Hiroshima    B: Kyoto    C: Kobe 20) Which of the following environmentalists is still alive? One answer only.    A: Chico Mendez    B: Petra Kelly    C: Rudolf Bahro This test has been created using the CASTLE Toolkit	key to scores 20/20 - Splendid! 15-19 - You obviously have excellent factual knowledge - well done! 10-14 - Pretty good. Less than 10 - You will need to improve before the exam. Accurate examples will always help your essay.
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