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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the smallest societies known as?

2. Diamond argues that European conquest of Africa had nothing to do with what?

3. In what types of societies did writing first emerge?

4. Which type of society uses a monopoly of force?

5. Diamond argues that China is which of the following?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why were Europeans able to conquer many of the groups in the Americas? Give specific examples of the advantages that the Europeans had and address why they had these advantages.

Essay Topic 2

How do civilizations and denser populations lead to epidemics? What are epidemics? What effects do they have on societies?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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