History of the Environment Questions
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Which of the following was not true of Spanish attitudes toward the non-sedentary peoples they encountered in the Southwest/Great Plains region:
Which species benefitted from habitat manipulations in California?
According to the video, "Liberty: The Times that Try Men's Souls," this battle, in December of 1776, which followed the crossing of the Delaware River, turned the tide in favor of George Washington and the US forces in the fight for independence from Great Britain
Drought is considered to be one of the underlying causes of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
The Columbian Exchange can be defined as the exchange of living organisms between the two hemispheres
Who was Secretary of the Interior during Eisenhower's first time?
Tobacco planters immediately turned to African slaves to plant their crops
Which of the following is not true about indigenous societies that took up agriculture. A. They were able to support larger populations than hunter-gatherersB. They immediately gave up huntingC. they often planted crops that had been domesticated farther South in MesoAmericaD. Caring for the crops was often women's work
What was used to poison predators historically?
Were wildlife reintroductions generally successful at bringing back large species?
Unintentional consequences of southern plantation agriculture did not include:
One outcome of the populations decline produced by European diseases, in some areas, was the regrowth of some forms of nature
Pocahontas provided John Rolfe with the tobacco seeds that started tobacco cultivation in the American South
Which predator species was most targeted in US?
When British soldiers distributed smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans during Pontiac's Rebellion, it demonstrated:
What were acute effects observed in birds from DDT?
In Martinique, some people worry that the widespread contamination of environmental toxins is now leading to a wide effeminizing of the male population and an increase in intersex births.
Photographs of which river catching fire helped galvanize the conservationmovement?
The Spanish established settlements in territory that would become the United States only after they observed English successes
Chinese water management and irrigation farming