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

2. What crop was domesticated in Ethiopia before spreading around the globe?
(a) Teff
(b) The coffee bean
(c) Millet
(d) Manioc

3. Crops that began food production in an area are known as what?
(a) Gatherers
(b) Founder crops
(c) Sedentary
(d) Transient

4. When did independent food production begin?
(a) 8500 to 8000 B.C.
(b) 10,000 to 9000 B.C.
(c) 5,000 to 4,000 B.C.
(d) 2,000 to 100 B.C.

5. About what time did food production begin in the United States?
(a) 8,000 B.C.
(b) 6,000 B.C.
(c) 100 A.D.
(d) 10,000 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do pockets of the three language families other than Sino-Tibetan exist in China?

2. Diamond looks at what type of conflict in China?

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

4. What slows the spread of domesticated plants?

5. Independent food production began in how many places?

(see the answer key)

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