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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue "The Future of Human History as a Science".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wild almonds are what?
(a) Less bitter than domesticated
(b) Sweeter than domesticated
(c) Healthier than domesticated
(d) Poisonous

2. Diamond suggests that inventions occur because of what?
(a) Greater creativity
(b) Superior intelligence
(c) Perceived need
(d) Peoples' curiosity and tinkering

3. What advantage did horses provide?
(a) More packing room
(b) Greater manueverability
(c) They pulled the weapons faster than humans
(d) They were used as weapons

4. What is a factor that influenced a group to adopt agriculture?
(a) The decrease in the population
(b) The decline of wild foods
(c) Agriculture made them more vulnerable to surrounding groups
(d) The decreased availability of domesticated plants

5. Plant and animal domestication led to which of the following?
(a) Less warfare
(b) Sparser societies
(c) Increased hunger
(d) Denser human populations

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was literacy important for the Spanish?

2. What is true of the first farmers in many areas as compared to the hunters and gatherers?

3. What is not an advantage that the Fertile Crescent had in food production?

4. Why were the Europeans not affected by the infectious diseases that they brought to places like the Americas and Australia?

5. What gave Europeans an advantage in information about the groups they encountered?

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