The Warmest Global Temperatures Since the End of the Last

question 31

Multiple Choice

The warmest global temperatures since the end of the last ice age occurred ____________.

• A) approximately 11 Ka, in the Younger Dryas
• B) approximately 6 Ka, in the Holocene
• C) approximately 1 Ka, in the Medieval Warm Period
• D) in 1972, at the time that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed quotas and heavy price increases on the sale of oil to Western nations

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