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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 result of this evidence?
(a) Several dozen "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(b) Several "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(c) Several thousand "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(d) Several hundred "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.

2. How do many imagine that humans lived during certain periods of time?
(a) They were less in tune with nature but behaved with high moral and ethical standards.
(b) They were more in tune with nature and behaved with high moral and ethical standards.
(c) They were less in tune with nature and behaved with low moral and ethical standards.
(d) They were more in tune with nature and behaved with low moral but ethical standards.

3. What is it called when a gazelle sees a lion stalking it and does not run?
(a) Trotting.
(b) Stopping.
(c) Stotting.
(d) Stalking.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many main motivating rationales does the text propose for the cause of genocide?

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

3. What kept this group of people isolated for so long?

4. How is this possible that these people could achieve all of this?

5. What languages dominate the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What languages dominate the world?

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

7. What is exobiology?

8. When and where was PIE initially used?

9. What does the Green Bank formula do?

10. What is genocide?

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