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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 does Darwin write about the Chilean miners?

2. What does Darwin begin to notice about the different Galapagos islands?

3. What does Darwin see that is the size of a rabbit but looks like a kangaroo?

4. What theory of Darwin's after observing the atolls is still considered valid today?

5. What is located at the Bay of Valparaiso?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does Darwin find that sea beds are raised by nature to great heights?

2. Tell what has transpired on the trip from the Galapagos to Tahiti.

3. Tell what Darwin sees back off the coast of Chile and how he assesses the sight.

4. Tell something about the island of Chiloe.

5. What are conditions like at the copper mines of Jajuel?

6. Tell about the runaway sailors at the Chonos Archipelago.

7. How does Darwin sum up his voyage at its end?

8. Summarize Darwin's classification of coral reefs.

9. What route does Darwin take back to Chile and what he discovers on the way.

10. Explain what Darwin observes after landing at Hobart Town on the island of Tasmania.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the contribution to scientific knowledge that came out of the voyage of the Beagle. In your essay discuss how Darwin's inquisitive mind led him to draw certain conclusions from observations he made during the 5-year circumnavigation of the world. Notice that it was his 5-week survey of the Galapagos Islands that later led to his writing THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES and his idea of mutability of species.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay evaluating Darwin as a sociologist. Define how objective he is in writing about other cultures. Be sure to give references from his book to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing the hardships of exploring the earth in the mid 1880s to the hardships of space exploration today. Compare such things as cramped living conditions, facing the unknown, and dietary changes that go along with each type of exploration. Speculate how much different space travel may become in the next 100 years by comparing with the improvements in travel since the voyage of the Beagle.

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