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. If knowledge brings power, what increases the power, according to Diamond?
(a) Germs
(b) Writing
(c) Love
(d) Weapons

2. What was one factor in the differing developments in the timing of food production?
(a) Advantages of youth
(b) Advantages of steel
(c) Advantages of water
(d) Advantages of seeds

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

4. The Maori had what type of population?
(a) Locally dense
(b) Controlled
(c) Decreasing
(d) Sparse

5. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?
(a) How war can end if groups decide to stop
(b) How the loss of large mammals gave societies an advantage
(c) How shared culture is important
(d) How environments shape societies

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many basic writing systems exist?

3. The ability of societies to have non-food producing specialists, like soldiers, was due to what?

4. Which of the following is not one of the fourteen large mammals that have been used in agriculture or war?

5. The Maori and Moriori had what in common?

(see the answer key)

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