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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "Speedboat to Polynesia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All crops began as what?
(a) A wild plant species
(b) A domesticated plant
(c) A foreign plant
(d) A native plant

2. What was the importance of a written language?
(a) It reinforced the status of the royalty.
(b) Information could be spread more rapidly.
(c) People could communicate with each other.
(d) Laws could be known by everyone.

3. What is human's slowest defense against germs?
(a) Vaccines
(b) Antibiotics
(c) Sanitation
(d) Natural selection

4. Eurasia's axis runs in what type of line?
(a) Parallel
(b) Perpendicular
(c) Vertical
(d) Horizontal

5. If knowledge brings power, what increases the power, according to Diamond?
(a) Love
(b) Germs
(c) Writing
(d) Weapons

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invented things like firearms and steel equipment?

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

3. How did farmers end up with plants that fulfilled their needs?

4. Studies have failed to show differences in what among people on different continents?

5. How does Diamond feel about the traditional theories of human development?

(see the answer key)

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