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Industrialization began on the continent first in

The eighteenth century agricultural revolution in Britain reduced the cost of food, thus giving the British extra income to purchase items produced by the Industrial Revolution.

High nitrate and phosphate pollution can cause problems at the mouth of the Mississippi river, specifically “dead zones” in the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers measure the size of the dead zone by looking for 

The Tennis Court Oath was significant in the French Revolution because it:

Habermas’ ethic has no place for reason and rationality.

DDT was widely used (and liked) because it was cheap and broke down slowly in the environment. It targeted mosquitos, but they soon developed resistance factors and DDT became less effective. Birds however, are much slower to adapt/evolve and their numbers plummeted, and there was a ban on DDT in 1972 (in the US). How did DDT hurt the birds? 

Plants can be genetically modified to be resistant to certain herbicides. This allows the farmer to spray the entire field, leaving only the GM plant left in the field. What is not a consequence of this action? 

Which of the following is FALSE regrading the Clean Water act of 1972? 

About how many people in the world do not have access to proper sanitation? 

By selectively breeding wild mustard plants, humans developed