7. According to the text, what is the relationship between the American population and its
natural resources?
A. Only a small percent of wealthy Americans are increasingly exhausting resources for
private and business-related interests.
B. The American population requires increased use of national resources due to the rapid
industrialization of the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.
C. The American public is generally unaware and disinterested in the environment.
D. Historically, the American people have valued and protected their resources,
which have brought the United States great economic wealth.