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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. Why did it take people longer to cultivate fruit tress?
(a) They were rare.
(b) They were too easy to cultivate.
(c) They had longer growing periods before harvest.
(d) Their production was low.

2. Archeological evidence links what early culture with later Pacific island cultures?
(a) Indian
(b) Taiwan
(c) Cherokee
(d) Japan

3. Which Spanish conquistador first encountered the Incas?
(a) Christopher Columbus
(b) Ferdinand Magellan
(c) Francisco Pizarro
(d) Francis Drake

4. Who invented things like firearms and steel equipment?
(a) Africans
(b) Eurasians
(c) Australians
(d) Americans

5. What is Diamond's primary question in Chapter 7?
(a) Why domesticated animals became extinct
(b) How ancient farmers domesticated plants
(c) Why hunter-gatherers adopted plant production
(d) How hunter-gathereres found food

Short Answer Questions

1. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?

2. When were the Polynesian islands settled?

3. Why did Australians not develop writing, more complex technologies, or more complex societies?

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

5. Domesticated animals need to have what type of disposition?

(see the answer key)

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