"Great Acceleration"
Comprehension exercise
True or false: Before 1950, people did not affect the environment.
- True.
- False
Which of these is NOT the great acceleration?
- The time after 1950 when humans began impacting the environment more.
- When you speed up your car.
- When humans began using more paper and water.
- When the human population began growing rapidly.
About how many people lived on Earth in 1750?
- 500,000,000.
- 500,000,000,000.
- 1,000,000,000.
- 1,000,000.
About how many McDonald's restaurants were there in 2000?
- 32,000.
- 3,200.
- 320,000.
- 320.
About how much of the rainforest was lost by 2000?
- 33%.
- 33,000.
- 0.33%.
- All of it.