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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Collision at Cajamarca".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is true about the greater Polynesian area?
(a) The societies are all warrior societies.
(b) The groups had no contact with each other.
(c) It is very diverse.
(d) The islands are all large.

3. When did the history of humans begin?
(a) 1 million years ago
(b) 2 thousand years ago
(c) 15 million years ago
(d) 7 million years ago

4. Australia was joined together with which other area at the time that humans arrived?
(a) New Guinea
(b) Japan
(c) South America
(d) Africa

5. Which location did not see a mass extinction of large mammals that was as large as other locations?
(a) New Guinea
(b) North America
(c) Africa
(d) Australia

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?

2. What effect did infectious diseases have on the encounter between the Spanish and Incas?

3. The Giant Leap Forward was which of the following?

4. What was one of the biggest population shifts of all time?

5. Which of the following did the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands not share?

(see the answer key)

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