You Have Read About the Mistakes Made on Easter Island

question 6

Multiple Choice

You have read about the mistakes made on Easter Island.On Tikopia,a small island in the Solomon Islands,the people acted in other ways.When they realized that the pigs they had imported were damaging the environment,they killed them all.They had to have permission from a chief to fish,which prevented overfishing.They also practiced contraception.These actions all indicate that _______________

• A)they felt that everything was a nonrenewable resource
• B)they believed in full resource utilization
• C)they felt that everything was a renewable resource
• D)they were concerned with only one year at a time
• E)they were attempting to enact sustainability

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Definitions:

Negligence

A failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in similar circumstances, leading to harm or damage.

Condition Subsequent

A condition under which the obligations of a contract will end.

Mutual Release

An agreement between two parties in which each side agrees to release the other from any possible claims or liabilities arising from a certain event or situation.

Canceling Order

An instruction to cancel a previously issued order before it is executed, commonly used in trading and procurement.