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Ancient Civilizations  BC-1200 A.D (David)

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Ancient Civilizations  BC-1200 A.D (David)

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1.  How much air pollution was there?  Where did it come from?
During this time there wasn't a lot of air pollution and if there was it only came from odors and runoff from garbage, sewage, smelting or tanning

2. How much water pollution was there?  Where did it come from?
At this time water was not  polluted and if it was it was because of a war happening and people would purposely poison the water  in the attempt to make the other side surrender.

3. How did humans get most of the energy they needed to survive?
Humans got most of their energy from burning wood and working at crafts and industry.

4. Was conservation being practiced anywhere in the world?  How?
Conservation was being practiced near India because of the previous beliefs and practices

5. Why was lead poisoning a problem?
Lead poisoning was a problem because of the symptoms it caused such as, gout, sterility, and insanity

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1. How much water pollution was there?
In this era water pollution tended to be less of a problem and there wasn't much of it in this era

2. How much wood was being harvested?  What effects was this having?
During this time a lot of wood was being harvest because it recently got substituted for coal. Countries were also burning down forests in order to settle the land from farming, this was cause deforestation and air pollution

3. In what ways was disease affecting the world?
Native Americans were nearly wiped out due to a European disease this made it so there wasnt people to take care of land

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1. What causes did people begin to take up to improve the world?
People began advocating to improve sanitation and public health.

2. What did Thomas Malthus predict?

Overpopulation

3. Give examples of new pollution affecting the world.
New pollution affecting the world would be plastic pollution as people started using plastic more and more

4.  Why did sanitation become so important?
Sanitation was believed to create a good and healthy environment for people

5. How was the air pollution at this time?
Air pollution was growing as this time because society started to become more industrial and so people started using factories more which pumped out a lot of gasses

6. How was the water pollution at this time?
Water pollution was also growing at this time because of the invention of things like plastic which affected drinking water and ecosystems

7. What happened when the “Mother of the Forest” was cut down?

People were upset and described the act as “villainous”

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1. What types of reforms were occurring?

Cleaning New York and General Federation of Women’s Clubs

2. What did Theodore Roosevelt fight for?

The preservation of animals as he made the first National Bird Reserve

3. What new organizations were formed?

National Audubon Society and International Labor Organisation (ILO)

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1. What was the purpose of the National Coast Anti-Pollution League?

To stop oil dumping.

2. What type of gasoline was used for the first autos?

30% Alcohol-Gasoline blend.

3. What was the chemurgy movement fighting for?

To find nonfood uses for agricultural surpluses.

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1. What lead people to believe there was a air pollution crisis?

Smoke from steel and zinc is trapped under a layer of cold layer of air, this is a weather phenomena called inversion.

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1.  What was the “burning river?” - River Cuyahoga was so polluted it could be set on fire.

2. What is the name of Rachel Carson’s book that started modern environmentalism?  - Reaction to Silent Spring

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1. What government agency is founded? - Environmental Protection Agency

2. How was air pollution reduced? - Clean Air Act

3. How was water pollution reduced? - Federal Water Pollution Control Act

4. What two new sources of pollution begin causing concern? - Mercury and Lead

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1. What major disasters occurred during this time?

Chernobyl,1986 a nuclear accident in ukraine,

Exxon ,1989, oil spill , about 11million  gallons of crude oil spilled, by exxon valdez.

Bhopal Gas, 1984, gas leak incident in india at power plan

t.July 1988 – in the Piper Alpha disaster, the world’s worst ever offshore catastrophe, following a massive gas leak

2. What two major issues involving the Earth’s atmosphere arise?

Ozone layer depletion bc of (chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) )  and Global warming and climate change bc of (CO2)

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1.  How did the Gulf War create pollution?

Oil spills and war in Kuwait

2. What does China construct that causes much controversy?

China's Three Gorges dam. China constructs artificial islands in the South China Sea, causing much controversy due to territorial disputes and environmental concerns.

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1.  What final act did President Clinton sign into law?

Commodity Futures Modernization

2. How does the Bush presidency handle global warming and climate change?

President Bush announced a goal to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 18% by 2012

3. How does the world react to leaded gasoline?

Meanwhile, the worldwide public health campaign against use of leaded gasoline continues