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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 "How China Became Chinese".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Miao-Yao family of language is spoken where?
(a) In Mongolia
(b) Small enclaves from South China to Thailand
(c) Only in China's large cities
(d) In large cities from Thailand to Myanmar

2. Why were domesticated plants able to spread from the Fertile Crescent to nearby areas more easily?
(a) They were already adapted to the climate
(b) Reindeer spread the seeds
(c) They were already adapted to the people's tastes
(d) Differing amounts of rainfall

3. Why do pockets of the three language families other than Sino-Tibetan exist in China?
(a) Scholars kept the language families alive in the monasteries.
(b) Sino-Tibetan speakers replaced or absorbed the other language areas.
(c) They conquered the Sino-Tibetan speakers from 2000 B.C. to 1500 A.D.
(d) The areas that they are in are frequented by Indonesian traders.

4. Diamond argues that China is which of the following?
(a) More diverse than we tend to think
(b) Racially inferior to Europeans
(c) Less populous than Australia
(d) Very homogeneous

5. Independent food production appears to have begun where?
(a) The eastern edge of Canada
(b) South America
(c) Siberia
(d) The Fertile Crescent

Short Answer Questions

1. China has how many "big" languages?

2. People in areas with a head start on food production gained what?

3. What axis is most conducive to the spread of food production?

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

5. Because of its axis, food production spread more rapidly in which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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