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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "To Farm or Not to Farm".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the Polynesian islands settled?
(a) 10,000 B.C. to 5000 B.C.
(b) 1200 B.C. to around A.D. 1000
(c) 5000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.
(d) A. D. 1200 to A.D. 1800

2. What weapons did the Spanish have in their encounter with the Incas?
(a) Sling shots
(b) Wooden clubs
(c) Steel swords
(d) Stones

3. The ability of societies to have non-food producing specialists, like soldiers, was due to what?
(a) Large populations
(b) The ability to store food
(c) A capitalist society
(d) The ability to conquer other groups

4. At 11,000 B.C., which continent was most likely to develop quickly?
(a) Africa
(b) North America
(c) Any of them could have developed most quickly
(d) Asia

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?

2. Which Spanish conquistador first encountered the Incas?

3. When did the history of humans begin?

4. Australia was joined together with which other area at the time that humans arrived?

5. What weapon was used by the Incas?

(see the answer key)

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