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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. Which mammal did the Spanish have that the Incas did not?
(a) Cows
(b) Dogs
(c) Horses
(d) Boars

2. What allowed the Maori to have specialists and warriors as part of their society?
(a) Stored crop surpluses
(b) Greater intelligence
(c) A capitalist society
(d) Weapons

3. In the early stages of food production, people did which of the following?
(a) Only raised cultivated crops
(b) Raised mainly cultivated crops
(c) Spent more time hunting than growing crops
(d) Collected wild food and raised cultivated ones

4. The Giant Leap Forward occurred when?
(a) 2,000 years ago
(b) 10,000 years ago
(c) 25,000 years ago
(d) 50,000 years ago

5. The Maori and Moriori had what in common?
(a) Ancestors
(b) Goals
(c) Weapons
(d) A government

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument about the mass extinction of large mammals does Diamond argue against?

2. The Giant Leap Forward was which of the following?

3. What occurred between the Incas and Spanish forces?

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

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

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