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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 of the following did the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands not share?
(a) Culture
(b) Sets of domesticated plants
(c) Language
(d) Government

2. When did the history of humans begin?
(a) 7 million years ago
(b) 15 million years ago
(c) 1 million years ago
(d) 2 thousand years ago

3. Why was literacy important for the Spanish?
(a) They were able to read the King's demands.
(b) It gave them more knowledge about the situation.
(c) It allowed them to sail to the Americas.
(d) It increased their faith in God.

4. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage did horses provide?

2. What was one of the biggest population shifts of all time?

3. The Maori had what type of population?

4. Why did the transition to food production not happen earlier?

5. The Moriori lived as which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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