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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what do many suggest that today's societal ills could be eliminated?
(a) A return to a fondly remembered era of peace and environmental purity.
(b) Look to the past as a way to learn from previous mistakes.
(c) Enjoy the present, since there is not much hope in the future.
(d) Working toward a better future and an era of peace and environmental purity.

2. What is the term for the extinction of these animals due to hunting?
(a) An environmental blitzkrieg.
(b) An environmental genocide.
(c) An herbocide.
(d) An environmental blizzard.

3. The first human settlers of New Zealand hunted local large fauna to extinction within how many years?
(a) One.
(b) One hundred.
(c) A few dozen.
(d) Ten.

4. How many species have been scientifically enumerated?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 2 billion.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 50 million.

5. What does he conclude by noting?
(a) Neither nuclear holocaust or an environmental holocaust will occur.
(b) Only an environmental holocaust is likely.
(c) The earth will continue on as it has, because humans are not that powerful.
(d) Nuclear holocaust is possible and that environmental holocaust is not only probable, but already underway.

6. What is used to corroborate the evidence?
(a) A few data sources.
(b) Numerous data sources.
(c) One data source.
(d) No data sources.

7. How were these peoples referred?
(a) The Folsom culture.
(b) The Clovis culture.
(c) The Folter culture.
(d) The Clover culture.

8. How do many imagine that humans lived during certain periods of time?
(a) They were more in tune with nature and behaved with low moral but ethical standards.
(b) They were more in tune with nature and behaved with high moral and ethical standards.
(c) They were less in tune with nature but behaved with high moral and ethical standards.
(d) They were less in tune with nature and behaved with low moral and ethical standards.

9. Why do gazelles exhibit this behavior?
(a) It convinces the lion that the gazelle is strong and fast.
(b) It allows the gazelle to communicate to the lion that it is aware of the lion and can easily escape.
(c) It helps the gazelle escape the lion.
(d) It tricks the lion into thinking that the gazelle is injured.

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

11. What percentage of extinctions does archaeological evidence suggest is the responsibility of pre-historic humans?
(a) 80 percent.
(b) 8 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

12. What are these risks?
(a) Nuclear holocaus, environmental holocaust, and planetary holocaust.
(b) Nuclear holocaust, environmental holocaust, personal holocaust, and planetary holocaust.
(c) Nuclear holocaust and environmental holocaust.
(d) Nuclear holocaust.

13. What is today's human population?
(a) Over five million.
(b) Over five billion.
(c) Over fifteen million.
(d) Over fifty billion.

14. What is the result of this evidence?
(a) Several dozen "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(b) Several hundred "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(c) Several thousand "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(d) Several "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.

15. What is alarming about what the Europeans did?
(a) It was something no other Europeans had done.
(b) It was considered normal.
(c) It was looked upon as shocking.
(d) It was looked upon as a successful process.

Short Answer Questions

1. How could one describe the factors involved in the formula?

2. How has this root language been reconstructed by linguists?

3. What did some European inhabitants of Australia argue should be carried out in Australia?

4. In nearly every historic case, what happened to the native people following first contact?

5. How many main motivating rationales does the text propose for the cause of genocide?

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