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

2. What was the importance of a written language?
(a) People could communicate with each other.
(b) Information could be spread more rapidly.
(c) Laws could be known by everyone.
(d) It reinforced the status of the royalty.

3. The Maori had what type of population?
(a) Controlled
(b) Decreasing
(c) Sparse
(d) Locally dense

4. Studies have failed to show differences in what among people on different continents?
(a) Norms
(b) Ethnicity
(c) Race
(d) Intelligence

5. When did the history of humans begin?
(a) 7 million years ago
(b) 1 million years ago
(c) 2 thousand years ago
(d) 15 million years ago

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Maori live?

2. Which large mammal was found in Australia about the time humans arrived?

3. Why was literacy important for the Spanish?

4. What weapon was used by the Incas?

5. How does Diamond explain the mass extinction of large mammals in some areas?

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