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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. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?
(a) How the loss of large mammals gave societies an advantage
(b) How war can end if groups decide to stop
(c) How shared culture is important
(d) How environments shape societies

2. At 11,000 B.C., which continent was most likely to develop quickly?
(a) Asia
(b) Any of them could have developed most quickly
(c) Africa
(d) North America

3. Some people have argued that those living in warm, humid climates were inhibited in their development by what?
(a) The amount of germs
(b) The heat
(c) The lower intelligence
(d) The lack of materials

4. What allowed the Maori to have specialists and warriors as part of their society?
(a) A capitalist society
(b) Greater intelligence
(c) Stored crop surpluses
(d) Weapons

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did infectious diseases have on the encounter between the Spanish and Incas?

2. What weapons did the Spanish have in their encounter with the Incas?

3. Why was the first occupation of Australia important?

4. The Giant Leap Forward occurred when?

5. Which mammal did the Spanish have that the Incas did not?

(see the answer key)

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