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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The arrival of humans on many of the continents coincided with what?

2. About what time did food production begin in the United States?

3. What is true about hunting and gathering societies?

4. How did Native American hunting and gathering societies become farmers?

5. Which of the following was one of the earliest crops?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one other explanation (different than Diamond's) to explain the uneven distribution of wealth and power.

2. How do historical sciences differ from non-historical sciences?

3. What are some reasons why hunter-gatherers would adopt food production?

4. What is surprising about where food production developed early?

5. Fourteen species of large mammals were domesticated. Why weren't other species?

6. What advantages did the Bantu have over other African groups?

7. What was the development of humans like before the Great Leap Forward?

8. How is the production of food related to the advantages of guns, germs, and steel?

9. The expansion of humans had what effect on the natural world?

10. What does Diamond argue determined when a group would adopt food production?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What influences a hunter-gatherer society to become food producers? What is surprising about this transition?

Essay Topic 2

Why weren't Native Americans, Africans, and Aboriginal Australians the ones who conquered and killed Europeans and Asians? What factors lead to these groups being on the losing end rather than the winning one?

Essay Topic 3

What does Diamond believe led to the unequal distribution of wealth and power in the world? Do you agree or disagree with his explanation? Do you think that he is missing any aspects?

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