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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 "How China Became Chinese".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do pockets of the three language families other than Sino-Tibetan exist in China?
(a) The areas that they are in are frequented by Indonesian traders.
(b) They conquered the Sino-Tibetan speakers from 2000 B.C. to 1500 A.D.
(c) Scholars kept the language families alive in the monasteries.
(d) Sino-Tibetan speakers replaced or absorbed the other language areas.

2. Eurasia's axis runs in what type of line?
(a) Horizontal
(b) Parallel
(c) Vertical
(d) Perpendicular

3. What animal was domesticated in southwest Asia?
(a) Llama
(b) Pig
(c) None
(d) Sheep

4. How do archeologists date food production?
(a) An examination of written texts
(b) Genetic testing of human descendents
(c) Radiocarbon dating of materials at the site
(d) X-rays of the food

5. What crop was domesticated in Ethiopia before spreading around the globe?
(a) Teff
(b) Millet
(c) The coffee bean
(d) Manioc

Short Answer Questions

1. The Miao-Yao family of language is spoken where?

2. Which of the following is not an area very suitable for food production?

3. How did Native American hunting and gathering societies become farmers?

4. Why were domesticated plants able to spread from the Fertile Crescent to nearby areas more easily?

5. People in areas with a head start on food production gained what?

(see the answer key)

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