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how was agriculture(livestock and food supplies) affected by the chernobyl
disaster

In April 1986, Chernobyl’ (Chornobyl’ in Ukrainian) was an obscure city on the Pripiat’ River in north-central Ukraine. Almost incidentally, its name was attached to the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Plant located about twenty-five kilometers upstream.

On April 26, the city’s anonymity vanished forever when, during a test at 1:21 A.M., the No. 4 reactor exploded and released thirty to forty times the radioactivity of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The world first learned of history’s worst nuclear accident from Sweden, where abnormal radiation levels were registered at one of its nuclear facilities.

Ranking as one of the greatest industrial accidents of all time, the Chernobyl’ disaster and its impact on the course of Soviet events can scarcely be exaggerated. No one can predict what will finally be the exact number of human victims. Thirty- one lives were lost immediately. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, Russians, and Belorussians had to abandon entire cities and settlements within the thirty-kilometer zone of extreme contamination. Estimates vary, but it is likely that some 3 million people, more than 2 million in Belarus’ alone, are still living in contaminated areas. The city of Chernobyl’ is still inhabited by almost 10,000 people. Billions of rubles have been spent, and billions more will be needed to relocate communities and decontaminate the rich farmland.

Chernobyl’ has become a metaphor not only for the horror of uncontrolled nuclear power but alsofor the collapsing Soviet system and its reflexive secrecy and deception, disregard for the safety and welfare of workers and their families, and inability to deliver basic services such as health care and transportation, especially in crisis situations. The Chernobyl’ catastrophe derailed what had been an ambitious nuclear power program and formed a fledgling environmental movement into a potent political force in Russia as well as a rallying point for achieving Ukrainian and Belorussian independence in 1991. Although still in operation, the Chernobyl’ plant is scheduled for total shutdown before the year 2000. The power station will be replaced by a thermal energy giant.

It’s not homework, it’s an extra credit thing…

1. The Human Genome Project is
a.conducting research on genetic drift
b.is examining the similarities between human groups
c.an effort to sequence the entire human genetic code
d.an effort to prove that inheritance is particulate, rather than blending
e.an effort to discover which enzymes initiate chemical reactions

2. The site of Sima de los Huesos in Spain is extraordinary and very important because
a.this is the largest population sample from this period anywhere in the world
b.fieldworkers found hyoid bones for over half of the individuals
c.each of the individuals found in the cave was covered with red ochre
d.there is clear evidence for extreme sexual dimorphism in this population
e.this provides the earliest evidence for human cannibalism

3. Australopithecus teeth are quite different from those of modern chimpanzees in that Australopithecines have
a. large, slashing canines
b.pointed, fang-like incisors
c.a dental formula featuring more premolars
d.large molars covered by thick enamel
e.no dental formula

4. In the 18th century, __________ developed the system of Latin Binomials used to classify all living things today
a.Hugo van Lawick
b.Karl von Linne
c.Charles Darwin
d.William Haviland
e.Jane Goodall

5. According to the video, Fate of the Neandertals, evidence indicates that Neandertals
a.were worn out by their 40’s
b.practiced cannibalism, possibly survival cannibalism
c.may have been the first to have grandparents
d.All of the above
e.None of the above.

6. Evidence uncovered at the site of Terra Amata suggested all of the following except
a.the seasonal re-occupation of the site
b.the hunting the young of large animals
c.the construction of shelters
d.the use of fire
e.burial of their dead

7. Evidence of a pronounced development in the symbolic elements of cultural life among Neandertal includes all of the following except:
a.use of more color, including ocher and manganese
b.grave goods
c.cave paintings
d.intentional burials of their dead
e.musical instruments

8. According to Haviland, the systematic use of fire by Homo erectus could have been used to
a.clear trees through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
b.improve the nutritional yield of many foods.
c.thaw out frozen carcasses scavenged from the snow.
d.chase predators from caves.
e.All of the above.

9. A major advantage of bipedalism is
a.the soft underbelly is exposed to attack
b.the ability to run at high speeds, especially for short distances
c.an increased ability to keep cool in the hot African savanna
d.the ability to change direction quickly while running
e.None of the above.

10. Data which provides information about Homo floresiensis includes all of the following except
a.Artifacts
b.Fire
c.Intentional burials including grave goods
d.Butchered animal bones
e.Oral traditions

11. Natural selection
a.means the ability of some individuals to kill enemies, control food supplies, and survive
b.refers to the tendency for moral goodness to win out over moral badness in human societies
c.refers to the ability of some individuals to have more offspring than others: reproductive success
d.means "survival of the fittest"
e.refers to the human control of livestock breeding programs

12. Many primates species today are endangered. Their greatest threats include all of the following except
a.loss of their habitat, like clear-cut logging
b.being hunted for bushmeat
c.global warming
d.shooting mothers to sell the young as pets
e.kidnapping infants to use in biomedical research

13. According to the NPR programs on the origins of HIV-AIDS, it may well have been Western European colonialism that created the conditions that gave rise to the HIV pandemic. Specifically, these conditions included all of the following except
a.conscription of African labor by the French and Belgians to extract rubber and ivory
b.medical campaigns to eradicate such diseases as sleeping sickness
c.an American-led polio vaccination campaign that unintentionally gave a million Africans a chimp virus in the late 1950s.
d.Africans hunting and eating Cameroonian chimpanzees
e.dissolution of the family by having workers gone for extended periods working in such jobs as trucking or the mines

14. Anthropologists speculate that members of the genus Australopithecus may have defended themselves against predators like big cats by
a.living in groups of several hundred individuals
b.spending most of their waking hours high in the canopies of the tropical forest away from predators on the ground
c.displaying their dagger-like canines and, if necessary, using them
d.using their hands to wave and throw weapons and put on intimidation displays
e.having no sexual dimorphism

15. According to Haviland, the greater depth of deposits at Mousterian
no.. but to someone else in the section they might be easy if they like anthropology. Oh well… I’ll figure it out on my own. Y!A sucks….

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