Global temperatures probably have not varied by more than ____ during the past 10,000 years.
a. 0.5C
b. 1C
c. 2C
d. 4C
e. 5C
Question 2
The greatest warming experienced over the globe in the last 100 years has occurred in ____.
a. Greenland and the mid-latitude continents in summer and fall
b. the United States in winter and spring
c. parts of Antarctica during the entire year
d. the arctic and over the mid-latitude continents in winter and spring
e. the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and parts of Antarctica in spring and summer
(a) The site of Zhoukoudian outside of Beijing, China, spans several hundred thousand years and (b)
The Upper Cave at Zhoukoudian yields ages of about 25,000 years for Homo sapiens.
This portrait of Thomas Jefferson is considered an accurate likeness, painted when he was thirty-sev
Global Stratification: Income of the World's Nations
Global Soil Regions
Thermometer Showing the Temperatures