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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Independent food production appears to have begun where?

2. What animal was domesticated in southwest Asia?

3. How many "little" languages does China have?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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