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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kept this group of people isolated for so long?
(a) Inaccessible terrain and topography of New Guinea.
(b) Inaccessible terrain and topography of the Canary Islands.
(c) They were the only people in New Guinea.
(d) They were the only people in the Canary Islands.

2. In what did this population explosion and its enabler result?
(a) A mixture of emigrants and native peoples.
(b) Massive emigrations and displacements of native peoples.
(c) Organized, permanent villages of native peoples.
(d) The mating of emigrants with native peoples.

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

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

5. How many main motivating rationales does the text propose for the cause of genocide?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Two.

6. In nearly every historic case, what happened to the native people following first contact?
(a) They overpower the other culture.
(b) They suffered dramatically.
(c) They became more technologically developed.
(d) They suffer less.

7. What types of behaviors do many animals exhibit?
(a) Behaviors that are detrimental to their enemies.
(b) Behaviors that attract members of the opposite sex.
(c) Behaviors that seem dangerous.
(d) Behaviors that protect their lives.

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

9. How could one describe the factors involved in the formula?
(a) Exact.
(b) Objective.
(c) Incorrect.
(d) Estimated.

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

11. Do the archaeological and historic records suggest that these views are correct?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Not entirely.
(c) Entirely.
(d) Slightly.

12. What is the conclusion of the woodpecker research?
(a) All woodpeckers are descended from two ancestral species.
(b) All woodpeckers are descended from a common ancestral species.
(c) All woodpeckers are descended from several ancestral species.
(d) Some woodpeckers are descended from a common ancestral species.

13. How many imminent risks to survival does humanity face?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

14. What enabled this population explosion?
(a) More animals to hunt.
(b) Better technology.
(c) Milder weather.
(d) Agriculture.

15. What is a prevalent habit among modern peoples of all time?
(a) To look toward the distant past and imagine it as a sort of golden age where contemporaneous problems did not exist.
(b) Look to toward the future and imagine the turmoil that will be taking place.
(c) Look to the past and imagine it as a horrible time of misunderstanding and ignorance.
(d) To look toward the future and imagine it as a sort of golden age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does he do in the Epilogue?

2. By what are first contacts usually characterized?

3. Several languages are all derived from a common root language, which is generally referred to as what?

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

5. When did humans first cross the Bering Straights into Alaska and then spread south into North America?

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