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Lesson 7 - Self-Assessment Test
Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer(s):
1. One reason why misery due to drought
is increasing on a world-wide basis is:
a) an increase in world population
b) a decrease in rainfall world-wide
c) an increase in human activities that
aggravate drought conditions
d) a decrease in water table levels
e) no reason: misery is decreasing
2. Rain is caused by:
a) the travel of organized disturbances
over an area
b) the absence of humid airstreams
c) subsidence that migrates from the
subtropical latitudes of both
hemispheres
d) the warming of westerly currents
across physiographic topography
e) the absence of cyclonic
disturbances in the weather cycle
3. An increase in disease among a
population may be:
a) an example of poor hygiene.
b) unavoidable during a migration
caused by drought
c) a primary result of lack of water
d) a secondary result of malnutrition
caused by drought
e) avoided by isolating migrating
groups of people
4. Long-term drought can cause _____
changes in social and living patterns.
a) temporary
b) major ecological
c) permanent
d) minor
e) few
5. Famines occur:
a) because of lack of modern
technology such as refrigeration
b) unexpectedly
c) only because of drought
d) because of crop destruction by
insects
e) predictably
6. The mechanics of distributing general
food rations to famine victims:
a) is generally the same process
throughout the world
b) follows a chain of command
established by the United Nations
c) requires large storage and
distribution networks
d) will change according to the
location and other local factors
e) is the primary responsibility of
volunteer agencies
7. Supplementary feeding programs are:
a) targeted to those people suffering
from severe protein-energy
malnutrition (PEM)
b) targeted to those people suffering
from moderate PEM
c) often used to distribute general
food rations over a wide geographic
area
d) of little value in large-scale famine
relief operations
e) a secondary response best handled
by foreign agencies
8. Creating land-use planning guidelines
is:
a) linked to public acceptance