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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. Domesticated animals need to have what type of disposition?
(a) Nervous
(b) Calm
(c) Wild
(d) Dangerous

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

3. Food production meant what to hunting and gathering societies?
(a) Fewer hours of labor each day
(b) More physical work
(c) Less physical demands
(d) More nomadic lifestyles

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

5. What was early writing used for primarily?
(a) Accountings of things like sheep and wool
(b) Communicating with other societies
(c) Writing human history
(d) Journaling

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not poisonous in the wild?

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

3. What is Diamond's primary question in Chapter 7?

4. Thirteen of the fourteen large domesticated mammals are native to which area?

5. What gave Europeans an advantage in information about the groups they encountered?

(see the answer key)

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