1. A belief that you would not expect from someone for whom the HUMAN CENTERED theme is a key component of their overall worldview to hold would be belief in which of the following?  

1) in human exceptionalism     2)  in ecological groundedness       3)  in the value of commodification 

4)  worshiping a Personal God       5)  worshiping a Moralistic God

2.  A belief that you would not expect from someone for whom the RESPECT FOR NATURE theme is a key component of their overall worldview to hold would be belief in which of the following?

1) factoring the value of natural resources (air, water, soil, forests, wildlife, etc) and biodiversity into capitalism        

2) being open to relieving debt for preserving nature swaps               3) preserving biodiversity 

4) reductionism = appreciating that understanding complex natural systems requires breaking them into simpler parts and focusing on studying those, and feeling the whole is nothing more than the sum of the parts

5) protecting the integrity of the biosphere 

3.  Which of the following best describes the beliefs of someone who especially values the RESPECT FOR NATURE  worldview theme ? 

1) nature should be valued based on its usefulness to humans    

2) God made the world with human happiness in mind                 3) reductionism

4) humans are part of nature, not its rulers                   5) God gave people dominion over nature

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4.  You might expect a religious person who greatly prefers the HUMAN CENTERED theme over the RESPECT FOR NATURE theme to ____________________________________.    

1) have a pantheistic perspective         2) be a natural pantheist          3) value shamans' wisdom

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5. The word anthropocentric can be defined or described as "_______- centered viewpoint."

1)  God                                       2) a human being                                3)  ego  

4)  nature                                       5) none of the above 

6. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "born with or possessed with an inherent quality or characteristic."

1)   anthropocentric                                     2) dominion                                3) extant  

4) innate                                                    5)  none of the above   

7.  The word cherish logically belongs with all of the following words except which one?

1) amorous                                       2) benevolent                                 3) altruism 

4)  ribald                                      5) none of the above 

8. The word ___________ is notably used in an anthropocentric context in the book of Genesis. 

1)    extant                                    2)  innate                                3)   dominion

4)     cherish                                   5) none of the above 

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9.  Ecology can be defined as "the study of living things and their  interrelationship with each other and ________. "

1) humanity                        2)   the environment                              3) the physical world   

4)  the climate                    5) none of the above 

10.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "still in existence, not lost, destroyed, or extinct."

1)    extant                             2) dominion                               3)   innate

4)   anthropocentric                                     5) none of the above 

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