Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "Blueprints and Borrowed Letters".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Maori and Moriori had what in common?
(a) A government
(b) Weapons
(c) Ancestors
(d) Goals

2. Germs from what produced epidemics in Native American and Australian societies?
(a) Contaminated water
(b) Dirt
(c) Air-born organisms
(d) Domesticated animals

3. The basic writing strategy employed by most people today is which of the following?
(a) Phonetic signs
(b) Logograms
(c) Alphabet
(d) Determinatives

4. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?
(a) By giving in when challenged
(b) By choosing not to develop weapons
(c) By moving to an area that no one wanted
(d) By renouncing war

5. Which of these food items was domesticated most recently?
(a) Peas
(b) Pecans
(c) Strawberries
(d) Olives

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?

2. Which of the following did the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands not share?

3. Thirteen of the fourteen large domesticated mammals are native to which area?

4. What is Diamond's primary question in Chapter 7?

5. Most domesticated mammals have been what?

(see the answer key)

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