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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 &quot;Zebras, Unhappy Marriages, and <I>Anna Karenina</I>&quot;.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did independent food production begin?
(a) 5,000 to 4,000 B.C.
(b) 2,000 to 100 B.C.
(c) 10,000 to 9000 B.C.
(d) 8500 to 8000 B.C.

2. What factor meant that population could grow?
(a) A nomadic lifestyle
(b) The availability of more consumable calories
(c) The availability of shelter materials
(d) Fewer natural predators

3. What is typically necessary for a society to have non-food specialists beyond kings and bureaucrats?
(a) Gas powered machinery
(b) Taxes
(c) Education
(d) Electricity

4. Where did the Maori live?
(a) Tazmania
(b) Hawaii
(c) Easter Island
(d) New Zealand

5. Why was the first occupation of Australia important?
(a) It required watercraft.
(b) It was the first occupation on any continent.
(c) It killed off the most large mammals.
(d) It was the biggest occupation on any continent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument about the mass extinction of large mammals does Diamond argue against?

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

3. What is a factor that influenced a group to adopt agriculture?

4. Why were the Europeans not affected by the infectious diseases that they brought to places like the Americas and Australia?

5. What infectious disease played a role in the European conquest of the Americas?

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