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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 "From Egalitarian to Kleptocracy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the original fourteen large domesticated mammals became widespread across the globe?
(a) 14
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 1

2. Governments that distribute wealth from commoners to the upper classes are known as what?
(a) Democracies
(b) Monarchies
(c) Oligarchies
(d) Kleptocracies

3. Why was literacy important for the Spanish?
(a) They were able to read the King's demands.
(b) It increased their faith in God.
(c) It allowed them to sail to the Americas.
(d) It gave them more knowledge about the situation.

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

5. Which area was prominent in the development of weapons?
(a) Africa
(b) South America
(c) Western Europe
(d) North America

Short Answer Questions

1. Independent food production began in how many places?

2. What does Diamond seek to explain in his research?

3. What is not one of the eight "founder" crops that started in the Fertile Crescent?

4. What is one explanation that Diamond gives for why food production didn't begin earlier in some ecologically better areas?

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

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