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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. The Americas have what type of axis?
(a) Northeast-Southwest
(b) Northwest-Southeast
(c) East-West
(d) North-South

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

3. Who introduced pottery, chickens, dogs, and pigs to New Guinea?
(a) Austronesians
(b) Europeans
(c) Indians
(d) Native Americans

4. Because of its axis, food production spread more rapidly in which of the following?
(a) Greenland
(b) Southwest Asia
(c) Africa
(d) The Americas

5. Thirteen of the fourteen large domesticated mammals are native to which area?
(a) Eurasia
(b) Africa
(c) Australia
(d) The Americas

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?

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

3. Eurasia's axis runs in what type of line?

4. Which of the following was not a domesticated animal?

5. All people were once what?

(see the answer key)

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