Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT107 S1 Q25 Explanation

The indigenous people of Tasmania

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

The indigenous people of Tasmania are clearly related to the indigenous people of Australia but were separated from them when the land bridge between Australia and Tasmania disappeared approximately 10,000 years ago. Two thousand years after the disappearance of the land bridge, however, there were major differences between the culture and technology nets, polished stone tools, or hunting implements like the boomerang and the spear-thrower.

What this question is testing

Paradox

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
25.

Each of the following, if true, would contribute to an explanation of differences

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    After the disappearance of the land bridge the indigenous Tasmanians simply abandoned certain practices and technologies that they had originally

  2. Correct83% picked this

    Devices such as the spear-thrower and the boomerang were developed by the indigenous Tasmanians more

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

    Skill tested: Paradox · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  3. Trap6% picked this

    Technological innovations such as fishing nets, polished stone tools, and so on, were imported to Australia by Polynesian explorers more

  4. Trap4% picked this

    Indigenous people of Australia developed hunting implements like the boomerang and the spear-thrower after the disappearance

  5. Trap5% picked this

    Although the technological and cultural innovations were developed in Australia more than 10,000 years ago, they were developed by groups in northern Australia with

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