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

2. How is this possible that these people could achieve all of this?
(a) They were very intelligent.
(b) They were powerful.
(c) They could easily reproduce and travel.
(d) The animals were very weak.

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

4. What did some European inhabitants of Australia argue should be carried out in Australia?
(a) Less assimilation.
(b) More assimilation.
(c) A similar genocide.
(d) Less genocide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species have been scientifically enumerated?

2. What types of behaviors do many animals exhibit?

3. What was discovered on this expedition?

4. What languages dominate the world?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been discovered about various human settlers?

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

3. What is the purpose of the Epilogue?

4. When and where was PIE initially used?

5. What is Blitzkrieg?

6. What do first contacts involve?

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

8. Describe European expansion.

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

10. What is genocide?

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