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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. Which of these food items was domesticated most recently?
(a) Peas
(b) Olives
(c) Strawberries
(d) Pecans

2. Which location did not see a mass extinction of large mammals that was as large as other locations?
(a) Africa
(b) New Guinea
(c) North America
(d) Australia

3. What are the smallest societies known as?
(a) Bands
(b) Chiefdoms
(c) States
(d) Tribes

4. People in the Fertile Crescent began food production around what time?
(a) 3,000 B.C.
(b) 12,500 B.C.
(c) 8,500 B.C.
(d) 100 B.C.

5. Which of the following was not a domesticated animal?
(a) Reindeer
(b) Bears
(c) Cows
(d) Camels

Short Answer Questions

1. Australia was once joined together what what other land mass?

2. What allowed the Maori to have specialists and warriors as part of their society?

3. If knowledge brings power, what increases the power, according to Diamond?

4. What advantage did horses provide?

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

(see the answer key)

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