Despite state attempts to slow down deforestation, many find it difficult because :

Despite state attempts to slow down deforestation, many find it difficult because
 
  A) developed nations do not support such activities.
  B) lumber is economically valuable.
  C) no one is to blame.
  D) social pressures push towards deforestation.
  E) terrorists continue to start forest fires.

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The permanent members of the Security Council represent
 
  A) countries who donate the most money per capita to the United Nations.
  B) five of the most important continents.
  C) the five biggest powers at the time of the creation of the United Nations.
  D) the five countries with the biggest armies.
  E) the top five countries according to Gross Domestic Product.

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Air pollution is particularly dangerous in which country, despite the nation's attempts at cleaning up smog before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing?
 
  A) China
  B) France
  C) Germany
  D) India
  E) The United States

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The United Nations Security Council has ____ members at any one time; ____ of those members is/are permanent and DO/ES NOT rotate.
 
  A) 5; 1
  B) 10; 2
  C) 15; 5
  D) 20; 10
  E) 192; 0

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Monsanto's new cotton product that proved resistant to their Roundup herbicide, which would allow farmers to increase their cotton yields, is an example of a(n)
 
  A) artificially created life form.
  B) DNA splice.
  C) genetic mutation.
  D) genetically modified organism.
  E) newly crafted gene.