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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. What is a factor that influenced a group to adopt agriculture?
(a) The decrease in the population
(b) Agriculture made them more vulnerable to surrounding groups
(c) The decreased availability of domesticated plants
(d) The decline of wild foods

2. The Giant Leap Forward was which of the following?
(a) Humans arriving in North America
(b) The first Home Sapiens
(c) The first use of stone tools
(d) The development of water going crafts

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

4. What was one of the biggest population shifts of all time?
(a) The conquest of Polynesia by Americans
(b) The conquest of Europe by Asians
(c) The conquest of the Americas by Europeans
(d) The conquest of Australia by Europeans

5. Hunter-gatherers in southeastern Europe adopted crops and agriculture from where?
(a) Southwestern Asia
(b) China
(c) Africa
(d) North America

Short Answer Questions

1. The Maori had what type of population?

2. How does Diamond explain the mass extinction of large mammals in some areas?

3. The Moriori lived as which of the following?

4. Which of the following did domestic livestock not provide people?

5. When were the Polynesian islands settled?

(see the answer key)

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