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

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

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

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

5. Which of the following is not an area very suitable for food production?
(a) Iraq
(b) The Pacific states in North America
(c) The Argentine pampas
(d) The Cape region of South Africa

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Native American hunting and gathering societies become farmers?

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

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

4. Crops that began food production in an area are known as what?

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

(see the answer key)

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