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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. The Maori had what type of population?
(a) Decreasing
(b) Controlled
(c) Locally dense
(d) Sparse

2. What animal helped groups overthrow and conquer other groups?
(a) Dogs
(b) Yaks
(c) Lions
(d) Horses

3. The Maori and Moriori had what in common?
(a) Goals
(b) Ancestors
(c) A government
(d) Weapons

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

5. Which of the following did the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands not share?
(a) Culture
(b) Language
(c) Government
(d) Sets of domesticated plants

Short Answer Questions

1. What factor meant that population could grow?

2. How many basic writing systems exist?

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

4. Plant and animal domestication led to which of the following?

5. Germs from what produced epidemics in Native American and Australian societies?

(see the answer key)

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