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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. The idea that there is a sharp divide between nomadic hunter-gatherers and sedentary food producers is what?
(a) A misconception
(b) Based on historical evidence
(c) True in all areas
(d) A scientific guess

2. What advantage did horses provide?
(a) More packing room
(b) Greater manueverability
(c) They were used as weapons
(d) They pulled the weapons faster than humans

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

4. Where did the Maori live?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Tazmania
(c) Easter Island
(d) Hawaii

5. How does Diamond explain the mass extinction of large mammals in some areas?
(a) A large large comet hit the earth.
(b) Humans killed or indirectly eliminated them.
(c) Germs introduced by humans
(d) The ice age

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?

2. When were the Polynesian islands settled?

3. Which of the following did the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands not share?

4. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?

5. Which of the following is a non-food producing specialist?

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