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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 "Hemispheres Colliding".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did farmers end up with plants that fulfilled their needs?
(a) Historical studies
(b) Trial and error
(c) Scientific analysis
(d) Random choices

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

3. The basic writing strategy employed by most people today is which of the following?
(a) Determinatives
(b) Logograms
(c) Alphabet
(d) Phonetic signs

4. Plant and animal domestication led to which of the following?
(a) Sparser societies
(b) Denser human populations
(c) Less warfare
(d) Increased hunger

5. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?
(a) How war can end if groups decide to stop
(b) How shared culture is important
(c) How the loss of large mammals gave societies an advantage
(d) How environments shape societies

Short Answer Questions

1. How many basic writing systems exist?

2. What was the importance of a written language?

3. Chiefdoms disappeared in which century?

4. Which of the following is not one of the fourteen large mammals that have been used in agriculture or war?

5. The arrival of humans on many of the continents coincided with what?

(see the answer key)

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