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

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

3. Why were early crops chosen by farmers?
(a) They were already edible
(b) They gave low yields in the wild
(c) They were not able to be stored
(d) They grew slowly

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

5. Which of the following is a non-food producing specialist?
(a) Hunter
(b) Priest
(c) Farmer
(d) Gatherer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Most domesticated mammals have been what?

3. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?

4. Almonds were found in which person's tomb?

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

(see the answer key)

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