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

Short Answer Questions

1. What foods did people in the Americas depend on?

2. According to Diamond, why are the societies of Asia and the Pacific important?

3. Why is food production important for inventions?

4. Archeological evidence links what early culture with later Pacific island cultures?

5. What are the smallest societies known as?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the societies in New Guinea and Australia develop at different times? What differences were present between these areas?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Choose one society on which to focus. Does this society have an advantage over others in terms of guns, germs, and steel? Explain why the society either had an advantage or why it was disadvantaged in relation to other groups.

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