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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to corroborate the evidence?

2. How could one describe the factors involved in the formula?

3. What is the term for the extinction of these animals due to hunting?

4. How were these peoples referred?

5. What enabled Europeans to pursue their conquests?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe European expansion.

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

3. What imminent risks to survival does humanity face?

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

5. What is exobiology?

6. What is Blitzkrieg?

7. What is the purpose of the Epilogue?

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

9. What do first contacts involve?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Human sexuality varies from the sexuality of most primates.

Part 1) Compare and contrast human sexuality to the sexuality of other primates.

Part 2) Why do these differences exist? How do these differences affect the relationships and reproductive abilities of both humans and other primates?

Part 3) Are these aspects of human sexuality chosen by humans or are they decided by genetics and on a subconscious level? Use the text and other research from class to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

The author discusses modern theories of adultery.

Part 1) What is adultery? Why does it occur? Why is this topic controversial and difficult to study?

Part 2) How does the view and consequences of extra-marital sex differ between men and women? Why does this difference exist?

Part 3) What is the connection between the differences in human sexuality, as compared to other primates, in regards to extra-marital sex?

Essay Topic 3

The arrival of Homo sapiens has generally heralded environmental over-exploitation through hunting and harvesting of resources at a rate far beyond which they could possibly be expected to be renewable.

Part 1) What examples does the author give to prove this statement? How did you respond to these examples? Why did you respond this way?

Part 2) What do these examples reveal about the power of humanity? Do other creatures have this type of power? Why or why not?

Part 3) Can humanity reverse this destruction? Why or why not?

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