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Chapter 2
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Environmental Studies
12th Grade
01/12/2008

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Who wrote Life in The Woods about his observations of nature in Mass. ?

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Henry David Thoreau

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Who published Man and Nature to show people that resources must be conserved?
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George Perkins Marsh
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Who was a geologist and naturalist who founded the Sierra Club in 1892?
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John Muir
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Who wrote Silent Spring about the dangers of using pesticides?
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Rachel Carson
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Who related the growing human population to the increase in pollution?
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Barry Commoner
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Did Theodore Roosevelt support or oppose environmentalism?

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support
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Did Herbert Hoover support or oppose environmentalism?
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Oppose
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Did Calvin Coilidge support or oppose environmentalism?
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Oppose
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Did FDR support or oppose environmentalism?
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Support
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Did Richard Nixon support or oppose environmentalism?
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Support
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Did Jimmy Carter support or oppose environmentalism?
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Support
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Did Ronald Reagan support or oppose environmentalism?
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oppose
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Did George H. W. Bush support or oppose environmentalism?
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oppose
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Did Bill Clinton support or oppose environmentalism?
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Support
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Did George W. Bush support or oppose environmentalism?
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oppose
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What law allows the president to protect areas of interest as national monuments?
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Antiquities Act of 1906
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What law protected land to be used for recreational purposes that do not degrade the environment?
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National Park Service Act
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What law allowed 2 mill people to obtain work by restoring degraded environments?

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Civilian Conservation Corp
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What law was established in 1980 by Jimmy Carter to clean up abandoned hazardous waste sites?
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Superfund
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What law was established in 1970?

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Environmental Protection Agency
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What law protects species in danger of extinction?
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Endangered Species Act
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What law was the first real authority to manage public land?
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Bureau of Land Management
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