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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "History's Haves and Have-Nots".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal helped groups overthrow and conquer other groups?
(a) Horses
(b) Dogs
(c) Lions
(d) Yaks

2. The ability of societies to have non-food producing specialists, like soldiers, was due to what?
(a) The ability to conquer other groups
(b) A capitalist society
(c) The ability to store food
(d) Large populations

3. Which of the following was not a domesticated animal?
(a) Cows
(b) Camels
(c) Reindeer
(d) Bears

4. How did Native American hunting and gathering societies become farmers?
(a) By acquiring Canadian crops
(b) By conquering the Spanish
(c) By acquiring Mexican crops
(d) By domesticating wild yaks

5. What effect did infectious diseases have on the encounter between the Spanish and Incas?
(a) Many Incas died as a result of them.
(b) Many Spanish died from the diseases.
(c) The Spanish horses were left weak.
(d) A smallpox vaccine was invented to save the Incas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?

2. Where did things like agriculture and writing develop?

3. Which area was prominent in the development of weapons?

4. The arrival of humans on many of the continents coincided with what?

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

(see the answer key)

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