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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. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?
(a) How shared culture is important
(b) How environments shape societies
(c) How the loss of large mammals gave societies an advantage
(d) How war can end if groups decide to stop

2. Plant and animal domestication led to which of the following?
(a) Denser human populations
(b) Sparser societies
(c) Increased hunger
(d) Less warfare

3. What influenced life in the island societies of Polynesia?
(a) The tropical climate on all islands
(b) The environment
(c) The closeness to North America
(d) Trade with Europeans

4. Which of the following was one of the earliest crops?
(a) Wheat
(b) Fruit trees
(c) Dates
(d) Olives

5. Domesticated animals need to have what type of disposition?
(a) Wild
(b) Calm
(c) Nervous
(d) Dangerous

Short Answer Questions

1. Thirteen of the fourteen large domesticated mammals are native to which area?

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

3. Which of the following was not a domesticated animal?

4. Which of the following is not poisonous in the wild?

5. Why were the Europeans not affected by the infectious diseases that they brought to places like the Americas and Australia?

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