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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 "How to Make an Almond".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At 11,000 B.C., which continent was most likely to develop quickly?
(a) Any of them could have developed most quickly
(b) Asia
(c) North America
(d) Africa

3. Independent food production appears to have begun where?
(a) Siberia
(b) The eastern edge of Canada
(c) The Fertile Crescent
(d) South America

4. Which of the following was one of the earliest crops?
(a) Fruit trees
(b) Wheat
(c) Olives
(d) Dates

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Maori had what type of population?

2. When were the Polynesian islands settled?

3. Almonds were found in which person's tomb?

4. People in areas with a head start on food production gained what?

5. What allowed the Maori to have specialists and warriors as part of their society?

(see the answer key)

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