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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 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 first expedition to New Guinea.
(d) Richard Archbold's third expedition to New Guinea.

2. 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.

3. What is the Green Bank formula?
(a) A political organization.
(b) A bank that is beneficial for the environment.
(c) A mathematical process that putatively determines the number of intelligent species in the universe.
(d) An organic blood bank.

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

5. In what did this population explosion and its enabler result?
(a) The mating of emigrants with native peoples.
(b) Organized, permanent villages of native peoples.
(c) Massive emigrations and displacements of native peoples.
(d) A mixture of emigrants and native peoples.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many examples of positive change are noted?

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

3. Do the archaeological and historic records suggest that these views are correct?

4. What took place during this same time?

5. Does drug abuse cross all social and cultural boundaries?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been discovered about various human settlers?

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

3. What is Blitzkrieg?

4. What principle is used to explain why animals can be self-destructive?

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

6. What is genocide?

7. What is known about destructive behavior in various species?

8. How does the author conclude the text?

9. Describe European expansion.

10. What do first contacts involve?

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