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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the early stages of food production, people did which of the following?
(a) Raised mainly cultivated crops
(b) Collected wild food and raised cultivated ones
(c) Spent more time hunting than growing crops
(d) Only raised cultivated crops
2. The large domesticated mammals were all domesticated before what date?
(a) 8000 B.C.
(b) 10,000 B.C.
(c) 2500 B.C.
(d) 5000 B.C.
3. Where did the Incas first encounter the Spanish?
(a) Cuba
(b) Florida
(c) Peru
(d) Canada
4. Strawberries are adapted to have seeds spread by what animals?
(a) Horses
(b) Cats
(c) Crocodiles
(d) Birds
5. All crops began as what?
(a) A native plant
(b) A domesticated plant
(c) A foreign plant
(d) A wild plant species
6. Which of these areas does not have a climate similar to the Fertile Crescent?
(a) Southwestern Australia
(b) Chile
(c) Polynesia
(d) Western Europe
7. Australia was joined together with which other area at the time that humans arrived?
(a) Japan
(b) New Guinea
(c) South America
(d) Africa
8. One argument that people have made is that what stimulated development in Western Europe?
(a) The amount of sunlight
(b) The absence of germs
(c) The cold climate
(d) The availability of metals
9. What crop was domesticated in Ethiopia before spreading around the globe?
(a) The coffee bean
(b) Teff
(c) Manioc
(d) Millet
10. Which of the following did domestic livestock not provide people?
(a) Meat
(b) Access to water
(c) Power
(d) Fertilizer for other plants
11. What influenced life in the island societies of Polynesia?
(a) The closeness to North America
(b) The tropical climate on all islands
(c) The environment
(d) Trade with Europeans
12. Which of the following is not poisonous in the wild?
(a) Lima beans
(b) Eggplants
(c) Squash
(d) Watermelons
13. Which of the following was not a domesticated animal?
(a) Bears
(b) Camels
(c) Reindeer
(d) Cows
14. People in the Fertile Crescent began food production around what time?
(a) 3,000 B.C.
(b) 12,500 B.C.
(c) 100 B.C.
(d) 8,500 B.C.
15. Where did the Maori live?
(a) Tazmania
(b) New Zealand
(c) Hawaii
(d) Easter Island
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?
2. Traditional arguments seeking to explain domination have often focused on what?
3. What is true about the greater Polynesian area?
4. Some people have argued that those living in warm, humid climates were inhibited in their development by what?
5. Some people argue that examining domination leads to what type of focus?
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