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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "Blueprints and Borrowed Letters".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thirteen of the fourteen large domesticated mammals are native to which area?
(a) Australia
(b) Eurasia
(c) Africa
(d) The Americas

2. How many basic writing systems exist?
(a) 25
(b) 10
(c) 3
(d) 1

3. If knowledge brings power, what increases the power, according to Diamond?
(a) Germs
(b) Love
(c) Writing
(d) Weapons

4. Where did writing develop?
(a) China
(b) Europe
(c) Mesopotamia
(d) Australia

5. What is Diamond's primary question in Chapter 7?
(a) Why domesticated animals became extinct
(b) How ancient farmers domesticated plants
(c) Why hunter-gatherers adopted plant production
(d) How hunter-gathereres found food

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did it take people longer to cultivate fruit tress?

2. All crops began as what?

3. What is typically necessary for a society to have non-food specialists beyond kings and bureaucrats?

4. How did farmers end up with plants that fulfilled their needs?

5. What animal helped groups overthrow and conquer other groups?

(see the answer key)

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