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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. Diamond looks at what type of conflict in China?
(a) Neo-continent
(b) Intra-continent
(c) Extra-continent
(d) Inter-continent

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

3. What axis is most conducive to the spread of food production?
(a) Northeast-Southwest
(b) East-West
(c) North-West
(d) North-South

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

5. People in areas with a head start on food production gained what?
(a) A head start on hunting and gathering techniques
(b) A resistance to disease
(c) A head start on guns, germs, and steel
(d) Steel production

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal was domesticated in southwest Asia?

2. The axis of a continent does not affect the spread of what?

3. The Miao-Yao family of language is spoken where?

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

5. How do archeologists date food production?

(see the answer key)

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