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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, In Black and White.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, to what is the species Homo sapiens compared and contrasted?
(a) Tan propyldytes.
(b) Pan tropyldytes
(c) Tan proglodytes.
(d) Pan troglodytes.

2. If a woman continued to deliver children as frequently as possible until death, what would happen to her?
(a) She would do nothing but reproduce.
(b) She would be pregnant almost constantly for many decades.
(c) She would have a difficult time raising her children.
(d) Her death would nearly positively result from childbirth.

3. What is today's human population?
(a) Over fifty billion.
(b) Over fifteen million.
(c) Over five million.
(d) Over five billion.

4. What does the conventional wisdom suggest about pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer societies?
(a) They were quite sophisticated with intelligent and powerful individuals.
(b) They were crude organizations where individuals lived short, brutish, and violent lives.
(c) They were simple but filled with intelligence.
(d) They were unique according to location and climate.

5. To what did agriculture give rise?
(a) Class divisions.
(b) Social settings.
(c) Technology.
(d) Organizations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around 500,000 years ago, H. erectus appears to have given rise to who?

2. What is a theoretical pursuit that ponders the likely nature and possible existence of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence?

3. Whenever two groups with disparate developed languages come into occasional contact that, for social reasons, precludes the use of one or the other languages, what arises?

4. Do non-human primates demonstrate any predilection to agricultural practices?

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

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