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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 the conclusion of the woodpecker research?

2. What are these risks?

3. Several languages are all derived from a common root language, which is generally referred to as what?

4. How many imminent risks to survival does humanity face?

5. What countries all have actively spread their languages over the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Blitzkrieg?

3. Describe European expansion.

4. What do first contacts involve?

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

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

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

8. How does the author conclude the text?

9. What is genocide?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author attempts to establish that humans and chimps are biologically and genetically closely related.

Part 1) How does he go about this? Is his research valid? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why might his research be disputed? Why might others have a difficult time accepting that humans are closely related to chimps?

Part 3) If it is universally accepted that humans and chimps are closely related, how should chimps be treated? Should they be treated as other animals or in a more "human" way? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The author recapitulates human evolutionary history from the earliest upright hominids to modern humans.

Part 1) Describe the evolution of man. Why do various changes take place? How do these many changes make humans what they are today?

Part 2) Could this evolutionary history be disputed? Why or why not?

Part 3) Will humans continue to evolve? Why or why not? Is each generation of humans evolving? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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