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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. 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) Differing amounts of rainfall
(c) Reindeer spread the seeds
(d) They were already adapted to the people's tastes

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

3. China has how many "big" languages?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 12

4. Because of its axis, food production spread more rapidly in which of the following?
(a) Greenland
(b) Southwest Asia
(c) The Americas
(d) Africa

5. How did Native American hunting and gathering societies become farmers?
(a) By acquiring Canadian crops
(b) By acquiring Mexican crops
(c) By domesticating wild yaks
(d) By conquering the Spanish

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal was domesticated in southwest Asia?

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

3. The arrival of founder crops enabled local populations to become what?

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

5. Which of the following is not an area very suitable for food production?

(see the answer key)

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