Legislation and Policy Issues:
State, National, and International

Typical Exam Questions


1. Discuss some of the steps the State of Iowa has taken toward addressing the global change issue.

2. Discuss the following statement: "The status of women is the key to the global change problem."

3. In three to five sentences, discuss the conclusions reached at the Kyoto Conference and why these conclusions have led to so much controversy in the United States.

4. The Montreal Protocol is widely viewed as an international environmental success, but the Kyoto Protocol is viewed as a failure. Explain why the international community has had such success in one and such failure in the other.