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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 countries all have actively spread their languages over the world?

2. How were these peoples referred?

3. What percentage of extinctions does archaeological evidence suggest is the responsibility of pre-historic humans?

4. The first human settlers of New Zealand hunted local large fauna to extinction within how many years?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is exobiology?

2. What imminent risks to survival does humanity face?

3. What does the Green Bank formula do?

4. What is genocide?

5. What enabled population expansion?

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

7. What languages dominate the world?

8. How does the author conclude the text?

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

10. When and where was PIE initially used?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book investigates the power of race when choosing a mate.

Part 1) Why is this a controversial investigation? Why is the topic of race very inflammatory?

Part 2) According to the book, how important is race when choosing a mate? Why?

Part 3) Is the power of race as important today as it was a century ago? Why or why not? Does this prove or disprove the author's research? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Culture and society vastly complicate the idea of extra-marital sex.

Part 1) What role does society and culture play in the consequences of adultery?

Part 2) How does the view of adulterous relationships and polygamy vary from culture to culture and from one time period to another? What affect do these views have on the relationships between humans?

Part 3) What are your views on adultery and polygamy? Where have you acquired these views? How do your views affect the relationships you have with others?

Essay Topic 3

Critics and psychologists analyzed the art, unknowingly, of animals.

Part 1) What are the results of the examinations? Do these results surprise you? Why or why not?

Part 2) Can one decide if something is art by simply observing it? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might these critics and psychologists have reacted when they realized they had just examined animal art? Why would they react this way?

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