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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 "Hemispheres Colliding".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which societies were the most advantaged in Polynesia?
(a) Those with natural immunity to smallpox
(b) Those with large, native domesticated animals
(c) Those with wild plants that could be domesticated
(d) Those that could hunt large mammals

2. What invention sped up the spread of plants and technologies in Polynesia?
(a) Yachts
(b) Wagons
(c) "Outrigger" canoes
(d) Wheels

3. What is a stone tool or implement that an individual used to pound the fibrous bark of some trees into material that could be used for ropes, nets, and clothing?
(a) A hammer
(b) A tree downer
(c) A bark beater
(d) A wood pounder

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

5. Chiefdoms disappeared in which century?
(a) 1st
(b) 20th
(c) 14th
(d) 18th

Short Answer Questions

1. All people were once what?

2. Why did Australians not develop writing, more complex technologies, or more complex societies?

3. Why was literacy important for the Spanish?

4. Which type of society uses a monopoly of force?

5. Which large mammal was found in Australia about the time humans arrived?

(see the answer key)

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