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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) 30 million.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 1 billion.
(d) 20 million.

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

3. 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 "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(d) Several dozen "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.

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

5. What was a nickname for these type of people in the civilizations?
(a) Beautiful peasants.
(b) Noble savages.
(c) Ignorant beasts.
(d) Crazy natives.

6. Is genocide a common occurrence in human history?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) In some cultures.
(d) Only by Western cultures.

7. What is a theoretical pursuit that ponders the likely nature and possible existence of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence?
(a) ETbiology.
(b) Terrestriobiology.
(c) Extrabiology.
(d) Exobiology.

8. 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.

9. What did European settlers find when they first arrived in Tasmania?
(a) It was inhabited by an estimated 15,000 black native inhabitants.
(b) It was inhabited by an estimated 5,000 black native inhabitants.
(c) It was inhabited by an estimated 10,000 black native inhabitants.
(d) It was inhabited by an estimated 1,000 black native inhabitants.

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

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

12. How has this root language been reconstructed by linguists?
(a) From glottochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(b) From grabochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(c) From gluttonchronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(d) From garbochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.

13. What languages dominate the world?
(a) European derived languages.
(b) Asian derived languages.
(c) Indonesian derived languages.
(d) Indo-European derived languages.

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

15. 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 initial encounter between previously isolated native peoples with previously unknown external peoples who are nearly always less technologically advanced.
(d) The first pair of lenses one wears after the use of glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to corroborate the evidence?

2. What is encouraging about the final paragraphs?

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

4. How many species have been scientifically enumerated?

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

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