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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Horses, Hittites, and History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There are undoubted benefits of agriculture that come with what?
(a) Notable drawbacks.
(b) Notable benefits.
(c) Minor drawbacks.
(d) Significant benefits.

2. Does an analysis of today's few remaining hunter-gatherer societies suggest that the conventional wisdom is correct?
(a) Yes.
(b) Only in certain climates in the world.
(c) No.
(d) In some cultures.

3. What do paleopathology investigations demonstrate conclusively?
(a) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was the same in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(b) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was inferior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(c) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was superior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(d) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was similar in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.

4. How has this root language been reconstructed by linguists?
(a) From grabochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(b) From gluttonchronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(c) From garbochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(d) From glottochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.

5. Several languages are all derived from a common root language, which is generally referred to as what?
(a) PE.
(b) PIE.
(c) PI.
(d) PA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author conclude about agriculture?

2. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"

3. To what did agriculture give rise?

4. What does Chapter 5 begin by examining?

5. What does the conventional wisdom suggest about pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer societies?

(see the answer key)

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