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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Collision at Cajamarca".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapons did the Spanish have in their encounter with the Incas?
(a) Wooden clubs
(b) Steel swords
(c) Stones
(d) Sling shots

2. What advantage did horses provide?
(a) They pulled the weapons faster than humans
(b) Greater manueverability
(c) They were used as weapons
(d) More packing room

3. What infectious disease played a role in the European conquest of the Americas?
(a) Ringworm
(b) AIDS
(c) Cancer
(d) Smallpox

4. Diamond argues that wealth and power are distributed unevenly because what developed at different times?
(a) Agriculture and education
(b) Agriculture and metal tools
(c) Technology and metal tools.
(d) Technology and education

5. The Giant Leap Forward was which of the following?
(a) Humans arriving in North America
(b) The first use of stone tools
(c) The first Home Sapiens
(d) The development of water going crafts

Short Answer Questions

1. Some people argue that examining domination leads to what type of focus?

2. Where did the Maori live?

3. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?

4. How does Diamond feel about the traditional theories of human development?

5. The Maori had what type of population?

(see the answer key)

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