NOTE: The quiz randomizes questions, so your questions may not be in the same order as below or may not even be included below!!

UNIT 3

Question 1

Berger(1986: pg.258) indicates that the introduction of the ? in 1912 and the First World War gave women the chance to learn to drive. From this opportunity, women proved that they were capable of driving and taking on the responsibilities of their male counterparts.
Correct Answer:
electric starter

Question 2

During the early 1900s, factories began to get bigger. The demand for larger buildings and more workers grew. Workers required inexpensive ?
Correct Answer:
housing

Question 3

What governs land use in the United States and Canada?
Correct Answer:
Zoning laws

Question 4

What was Ralph Nader's original research organization called?
Correct Answer:	
Centre for Study of Responsive Law

Question 5

Increasingly, some land use planners are promoting more compact or ? development.
Correct Answer:
"transit-oriented"

Question 6

Historian Mark Foster has estimated that  _______________ of the total environmental damage caused by automobiles occurred before they were sold and driven.
Correct Answer: 
1/3

Question 7

Depending on your vehicle you may use anywhere from 1/10 to 4/10 of a litre of gasoline for every __________ minutes that you sit idling.
Correct Answer: 	
10 minutes

Question 8

Aggressive driving accounts for more then ________% of all traffic fatalities.
Correct Answer:
50

Question 9

Tire pressure should be checked at least once a?
Correct Answer: 
month

Question 10

American cities and suburbs have become utterly dependent on the __________________ for work, shopping, obtaining services and recreation.
Correct Answer: 	
car

Question 11

In 1916 automobiles were responsible for a large expansion in the use of?
Correct Answer:
Credit

Question 12

Drivers engaged in text messaging are ______ times more likely to be involved in a crash or near crash event.
Correct Answer:
23

Question 13

Zoning spells out what uses are ?  on various properties to meet goals in the comprehensive plan.
Correct Answer:
permitted

Question 14

Your carbon footprint is the sum of the greenhouse gasses produced directly and indirectly as a result of those activities. And it is measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide produced per person, per year.
The carbon footprint is a tool that can help you understand the impact of your behaviour on the environment, but it is also a means of identifying ways you can reduce that impact. In Canada the biggest contributors to our carbon footprints are?
Correct Answer:
transportation and household energy use.

Question 15

Electric-powered cars, even though they have no tailpipe emissions, can still have a significant impact on air quality because?
Correct Answer:
they are recharged with electricity that may come from coal-burning plants

Question 16

Berger(1986) states that the stereotype consisted of the idea that the delicate physical and emotional constitution of women, poor decision-making in crisis situations, a woman's place was ? , femininity, cleanliness.
Correct Answer:
in the home

Question 17

Automobile manufacturing uses approximately how much water each year?
Correct Answer:
450,000 liters

Question 18
	
Who released a report criticizing North American automobile safety in the mid 1960's?
Correct Answer:
Ralph Nader

Question 19

The ? rule is loosely based on perception and reaction time. If the driver ahead slams on the brakes it will take a certain amount of time to see its happening, and then some more time to react (foot from gas pedal to brake). If you dont begin braking before you reach the point as which the driver in front began (assuming both sets of brakes are equally powerful) then, in theory at least, you hit the car ahead.
Correct Answer: 
2-second

Question 20

A simple yet effective cure for "car sickness" is to?
Correct Answer: 	
ask your child to face forward and look out the front window