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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. How did farmers end up with plants that fulfilled their needs?
(a) Random choices
(b) Historical studies
(c) Trial and error
(d) Scientific analysis

2. The arrival of humans on many of the continents coincided with what?
(a) The disappearance of human ancestors
(b) The development of ocean going crafts
(c) The mass extinction of large mammals
(d) The development of stone tools

3. People in the Fertile Crescent began food production around what time?
(a) 3,000 B.C.
(b) 100 B.C.
(c) 12,500 B.C.
(d) 8,500 B.C.

4. How does Diamond explain the mass extinction of large mammals in some areas?
(a) Humans killed or indirectly eliminated them.
(b) Germs introduced by humans
(c) The ice age
(d) A large large comet hit the earth.

5. When were the Polynesian islands settled?
(a) 10,000 B.C. to 5000 B.C.
(b) 5000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.
(c) A. D. 1200 to A.D. 1800
(d) 1200 B.C. to around A.D. 1000

Short Answer Questions

1. What factor meant that population could grow?

2. In the early stages of food production, people did which of the following?

3. Some people argue that examining domination leads to what type of focus?

4. How do archeologists date food production?

5. Plants like olives, figs and dates were domesticated around what time?

(see the answer key)

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