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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. Where did things like agriculture and writing develop?
(a) North America
(b) The Arctic Circle
(c) Western Europe
(d) Warm climates

2. What are "selfer" plants?
(a) Plants that pollinate themselves
(b) Plants that take more soil nutrients than other plants
(c) Plants that contain a high level of Vitamin B
(d) Plants that can be started by people

3. What does Diamond seek to explain in his research?
(a) The domination of Western Europe
(b) The creation of metal tools
(c) The different rates of human development
(d) The spread of illnesses

4. Which large mammal was found in Australia about the time humans arrived?
(a) Saber tooth tigers
(b) Wholly mammoth
(c) Lions
(d) Giant kangaroo

5. What is a benefit that institutionalized religion provides?
(a) Organizing societies by biological race
(b) The ability to rid a society of evil spirits
(c) A way to redistribute money from the wealthy to the poor
(d) Frameworks for unrelated individuals to live together without killing each other

Short Answer Questions

1. Eurasia's axis runs in what type of line?

2. What factor meant that population could grow?

3. Some people have argued that those living in warm, humid climates were inhibited in their development by what?

4. What occurred between the Incas and Spanish forces?

5. Wild almonds are what?

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