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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What enabled Europeans to pursue their conquests?
(a) They had more people than the native people.
(b) They were more powerful and more intelligent.
(c) They carried social diseases, had better technology, used advanced writing, and featured large-scale political organizations.
(d) They had a better understanding about the natural world around them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is encouraging about the final paragraphs?

2. What was discovered on this expedition?

3. What took place during this same time?

4. What percentage of extinctions does archaeological evidence suggest is the responsibility of pre-historic humans?

5. The first human settlers of New Zealand hunted local large fauna to extinction within how many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been discovered about various human settlers?

2. What is genocide?

3. What is a prevalent habit among modern peoples of all time?

4. What occurred when European settlers first arrived in Tasmania?

5. When and where was PIE initially used?

6. What does the author suggest about the species on Earth and extinction rates?

7. What enabled population expansion?

8. What was one of the last major first contacts?

9. Describe the migration of the Clovis culture into North and South America?

10. What do first contacts involve?

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