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) regular monitoring of dryland status
c) a study of the relationship between
water and cereal crops
d) electronic monitoring of rainfall in
arid regions
e) none of the above
10. A good pilot project for fighting
desertification will:
a) rely on outside experts
b) enlist government support
c) use Landsat mapping to prove its
worth
d) discourage traditional methods
since they are part of the problem
e) be practical and enlist community
support
11. Removal of marginal lands from
traditional livelihood systems is:
a) possible with financial inducements
b) possible by establishing forest
reserves
c) not possible at all
d) not likely to succeed without
offering acceptable alternative
livelihoods
e) possible through police regulation
12. Two factors in determining priorities of
programs to fight desertification are:
a) severity of impact and the degree
of vulnerability
b) amount of area available for
reclamation and community
response
c) land-use-practice enforcement and
water supplies
d) effect of resettlement and feasibility
of grazing studies
e) none of the above
13. The first step in the assessment of
dryland pastures is:
a) to take a survey of land use
b) mapping
c) topographic photography
d) statistical analysis of people and
livestock
e) to secure foreign aid
14. Green belts are a form of:
a) irrigation
b) open range
c) livestock disease
d) controlled reserves
e) water conservation
15. Terracing is a method used to combat:
a) gullying
b) wind erosion
c) sheet erosion
d) overgrazing
e) drought
16. A program to fight desertification will
use:
a) a single set of remedies
b) applications of newly discovered
solutions
c) flexibility
d) imported systems of monitoring
e) none of the above
Answer Key – Lesson 8
1. d
2. c
3. b
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. e
11. d
12. a
13. b
14. d
15. c
16. c