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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) Dogs
(b) Yaks
(c) Lions
(d) Horses

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

3. The basic writing strategy employed by most people today is which of the following?
(a) Phonetic signs
(b) Alphabet
(c) Logograms
(d) Determinatives

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

5. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?
(a) By choosing not to develop weapons
(b) By renouncing war
(c) By giving in when challenged
(d) By moving to an area that no one wanted

Short Answer Questions

1. What allowed the Maori to have specialists and warriors as part of their society?

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

3. What influenced life in the island societies of Polynesia?

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

5. What is Diamond's primary question in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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