Conservation Unit weeks 3-4 Quiz

Read the excerpt then answer the questions that follow.

“Since the days when the Constitution was adopted, steam and electricity have revolutionized the industrial world. Nowhere has the revolution been so great as in our own country. The discovery and utilization of mineral fuels and alloys have given us the lead over all other nations in the production of steel. The discovery and utilization of coal and iron have given us our railways, and have led to such industrial development as has never before been seen . . . [and] have made the conditions of our life unparalleled in comfort and convenience.”

What claim is Roosevelt making in this excerpt?

• The utilization of steam and electricity have changed the industrial world, bringing the United States and others into competition with each other.

•  The industrial revolution has had the most profound impact in the United States, leading to a life of comfort and convenience.

•  The utilization of natural resources has had a significant, but not transformational impact on society, leading to small increases in comfort and convenience.

• The industrial revolution’s impact has been less significant in the United States than in other nations but has still led to lives of unparalleled comfort and convenience for citizens.

What quotation best supports the claim that the industrial revolution has had the most profound impact in the United States, leading to a life of comfort and convenience?

• ”Nowhere has the revolution been so great as in our own country.”

• “The discovery and utilization of mineral fuels and alloys have given us the lead over all other nations.”

•  “The discovery and utilization of coal and iron . . .  have led to such industrial development as has never before been seen.”

• “. . . the conditions of our life unparalleled in comfort and convenience.”

"Any right thinking father earnestly desires and strives to leave his son both an untarnished name and a reasonable equipment for the struggle of life. So this Nation as a whole should earnestly desire and strive to leave to the next generation the national honor unstained and the national resources unexhausted."

_{"Conservation as a National Duty" by Theodore Roosevelt}

Which statement best summarizes the excerpt?

• Because a father desires and works to ensure his son has more than he does, the nation need not worry about future generations, knowing that families will take care of each other.

• In the same way that a father protects his farmland from erosion and destruction, so too should a nation preserve all of its lands from erosion and destruction.

•  In the same way that a father desires to give his son all he needs to be successful, so too should a nation desire to give its future generations what they need to succeed by preserving natural resources.

•  In the same way that a father hopes to preserve his name to pass on to his son, so too should the nation work to preserve its reputation.

Which two quotes best support Roosevelt's claim of progress?

• 1. “The discovery and utilization of coal and iron . . . have led to such industrial development as has never before been seen… [it has] made the conditions of our life unparalleled in comfort and convenience.”

• 1. “. . . remember that the conservation of our natural resources, though the gravest problem of today, is yet but part of another and greater problem to which this Nation is not yet awake . . . the problem of national efficiency,”

• 1. “We are over the verge of a timber famine in this country, and it is unpardonable for the Nation or the States to permit any further cutting of our timber save in accordance with a system which will provide that to the next generation...”

• 1. “These questions do not relate only to the next century or to the next generation. One distinguishing characteristic of really civilized men is foresight; we have to, as a nation, exercise foresight for this nation in the future;"

"The Constitution of the United States thus grew in large part out of the necessity for united action in the wise use of one of our natural resources. The wise use of all of our natural resources, which are our national resources as well, is the great material question of today. I have asked you to come together now because the enormous consumption of  these resources, and the threat of imminent exhaustion of some of them, due to reckless and wasteful use, once more calls for common effort, common action."

What is the meaning of the word imminent as it it used in the excerpt?

• fast-approaching

• close-by

• total

• disastrous 

"The steadily increasing drain on these natural resources has promoted to an  extraordinary degree the complexity of our industrial and social life. Moreover, this unexampled development has had a determining effect upon the character and opinions of our people. The demand for efficiency in the great task has given us vigor, effectiveness, decision, and power, and a capacity for achievement which in its own lines has never yet been matched.

So great and so rapid has been our material growth that there has been a tendency to lag behind in spiritual and moral growth..."

What does this excerpt reveal about Roosevelt's attitude toward the pace of the industrial revolution?

• The steady expansion of the industrial age has led to a steady and sustained positive change in society for all those affected.

• The rapid pace of the industrial revolution has led to unforeseen environmental impacts that must be immediately addressed.

• The suddenness of the industrial revolution has caused a grave moral decline in society; such that immediate action must be taken by all citizens to bring about positive change.

• The swiftness of the industrial revolution has increased efficiency and complexities  of everyday life; however, its impacts on society have not yet fully been measured.

What is the meaning of the word "arid"?

• • ack of good sense

• having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation

• lacking any obvious principle of organization

• to cause something to continue

What is the meaning of the word "folly"?

• lack of good sense

• lacking any obvious principle of organization

• to cause something to continue

• logical and consistent

What is the meaning of the word "patriotism"?

• concern for the distinction between right and wrong

• forward movement towards a destination

• showing a love for one's country

• lack of good sense