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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Accidental Conquerors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the last major first contacts?
(a) Richard Archbold's third expedition to the Canary Islands.
(b) Richard Archbold's first expedition to the Canary Islands.
(c) Richard Archbold's third expedition to New Guinea.
(d) Richard Archbold's first expedition to New Guinea.

2. Why does the author suggest this about an optimal organism?
(a) Humans can survive without various body parts, so more energy can go into everyday living.
(b) Humans are simply not likely to experience survival after having a limb severed and thus the expense of maintaining limb-regeneration capability would rob energy and resources from other, more significant, capabilities that are more likely to be needed.
(c) Humans are likely to survive accidents so more energy should be put into child-rearing.
(d) Humans are equally balanced to survive most incidences.

3. Does drug abuse cross all social and cultural boundaries?
(a) Only Western cultures.
(b) No.
(c) Only in Third World countries.
(d) Yes.

4. About 200,000 years ago, H. sapiens appears to have diverged into two distinct lineages usually known as what?
(a) Homo sapiens.
(b) Cro-Magnon man.
(c) Homo erectus.
(d) Neanderthals.

5. What does the author state about the gap between animal vocalizations and human language?
(a) It is a large gap.
(b) There is hardly a gap.
(c) It is greater than once commonly believed.
(d) It is not as great as is commonly believed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"

2. What other creatures practice a form of agriculture?

3. What does the author conclude about agriculture?

4. How complex is human language?

5. What is the conclusion based on the art criteria?

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