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Question 1

Why did President George W. Bush not ratify the Kyoto Protocol that set targets for reducing greenhouse emissions in industrial nations although the United States had signed it when it was initially written in 1997?
 
  A) It exempted China and relied on governmental controls to develop green technology.
  B) Americans refused to change their driving habits and continued to purchase gas-guzzling cars.
  C) He did not believe the scientific evidence linking climate change to human activity.
  D) He supported conservatives who wanted to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  rather than depending on Middle Eastern oil.

Question 2

President Madison drew most of his support for declaring war on Britain in 1812 from a group of young Republicans known as War Hawks who mostly represented __________.
 
  A) New England
  B) the South and West
  C) the mid-Atlantic
  D) the lower South

Question 3

What conclusion can be made from this 2007 map showing global carbon dioxide emissions?
 
  A) Americans owned few sport-utility vehicles (SUVs).
  B) Developing African nations had few cars or heavy industry.
  C) Greenhouse gases had a greater detrimental effect in Europe rather than in Asia.
  D) Sea levels throughout the world were falling.

Question 4

Which of the following events led to a formal alliance between Tecumseh and the British?
 
  A) the arrival of new American settlers into the state of Ohio and Indiana Territory
  B) the signing of treaties at Fort Wayne that resulted in large losses of Indian lands
  C) the British attack on the Chesapeake
  D) William Henry Harrison's attack on the Indian village of Tippecanoe

Question 5

Scientists believe that the phenomenon of global warming is primarily a result of __________.
 
  A) regular fluctuations in the climate
  B) the melting of polar ice caps
  C) widespread deforestation
  D) the burning of fossil fuels



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Answer 1

A

Answer 2

B

Answer 3

B

Answer 4

D

Answer 5

D




amal

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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