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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many species does the author suggest currently exist on earth?
(a) 1 billion.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 20 million.
(d) 30 million.

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

3. What did European animals include?
(a) Numerous species of small-bodied carnivorous, wild animals.
(b) Numerous species of small-bodied domesticated animals.
(c) Numerous species of large-bodied carnivorous, wild animals.
(d) Numerous species of large-bodied herding animals, which were domesticated.

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

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

6. What do first contacts involve?
(a) The initial encounter between previously isolated native peoples with previously unknown external peoples who are sometimes more technologically advanced.
(b) The initial encounter between previously isolated native peoples with previously unknown external peoples who are nearly always more technologically advanced.
(c) The first pair of lenses one wears after the use of glasses.
(d) The initial encounter between previously isolated native peoples with previously unknown external peoples who are nearly always less technologically advanced.

7. What is the result of this evidence?
(a) Several thousand "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 dozen "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.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What countries all have actively spread their languages over the world?
(a) Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Nepal, and Jordan.
(b) China, Japan, India, Cambodia, and Thailand.
(c) Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Netherlands.
(d) England, Spain, Portugal, France, and Russia.

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

15. What is encouraging about the final paragraphs?
(a) They note that it will be many years before the earth will be destroyed by mankind.
(b) They note a few somewhat encouraging examples of environmental preservation and attempts to slow or even reverse ecological destruction.
(c) They note that extinct species will return.
(d) They note that no holocaust will occur.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do many imagine that humans lived during certain periods of time?

3. By what do many suggest that today's societal ills could be eliminated?

4. One percent of North American birds have become extinct since what year?

5. Why is this gazelle behavior considered dangerous?

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