Environmental Policy & Economics Quiz

The laws enacted during this period dealt primarily with the management of public lands.

• a. The third period (mid-to-late-1900’s)

• b. The first period (1780’s-1800’s)

• c. The second period (late -1800’s to mid-1900’s)

• d. Homestead Act of 1862

Congress created this service in 1916 to protect national monuments

• a. Land Ordinance of 1785

• b. General Mining Law

• c. National Park Service

• d. Emergency Conservation Work Act

_____________ consists of a formal set of general plans and principles for addressing problems and guiding decision-making.

• a. Environmental Policy

• b. Judicial Branch

• c. Policy

• d. All of the Above

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Decision makers commonly use a method known as ____________________ in which they compare what they will sacrifice and gain by a specific action.

• a. Economics

• b. Ecological economics

• c. Supply and Demand

• d. Cost-benefit analysis

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1. Claiming 160 acres of land after living on it for five years is known as the__________________________

• a. Homestead Act of 1862

• b. Land Ordinance of 1785

• c. Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• d. None of the Above

Match the term to definition: Economics

• a. Consists of general plans and principles that address the interactions between humans and the environment.

• b. Occurs when markets do not consider the environment’s positive effects on economies, such as ecosystem services.

• c. Agrees that economies are unsustainable if resource use is not made more efficient.

• d. The study of how resources are converted into goods and services and how these goods and services are distributed.

• e. Tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment.

Match the term to the definition: Environmental economics

• a. Consists of general plans and principles that address the interactions between humans and the environment.

• b. Occurs when markets do not consider the environment’s positive effects on economies, such as ecosystem services.

• c. Agrees that economies are unsustainable if resource use is not made more efficient.

• d. The study of how resources are converted into goods and services and how these goods and services are distributed.

• e. Tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment.

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Match the term to the definition: Ecolabeling

• a. Consists of general plans and principles that address the interactions between humans and the environment.

• b. Occurs when markets do not consider the environment’s positive effects on economies, such as ecosystem services.

• c. Agrees that economies are unsustainable if resource use is not made more efficient.

• d. The study of how resources are converted into goods and services and how these goods and services are distributed.

• e. Tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment.

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Match the term to the definition: Market Failure

• a. Consists of general plans and principles that address the interactions between humans and the environment.

• b. Occurs when markets do not consider the environment’s positive effects on economies, such as ecosystem services.

• c. Agrees that economies are unsustainable if resource use is not made more efficient.

• d. The study of how resources are converted into goods and services and how these goods and services are distributed.

• e. Tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment.

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Match the term to the definition: Environmental Policy

• a. Consists of general plans and principles that address the interactions between humans and the environment.

• b. Occurs when markets do not consider the environment’s positive effects on economies, such as ecosystem services.

• c. Agrees that economies are unsustainable if resource use is not made more efficient.

• d. The study of how resources are converted into goods and services and how these goods and services are distributed.

• e. Tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment.

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