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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "History's Haves and Have-Nots".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Giant Leap Forward occurred when?
(a) 10,000 years ago
(b) 2,000 years ago
(c) 50,000 years ago
(d) 25,000 years ago

4. How does Diamond explain the mass extinction of large mammals in some areas?
(a) Germs introduced by humans
(b) A large large comet hit the earth.
(c) The ice age
(d) Humans killed or indirectly eliminated them.

5. How does Diamond feel about the traditional theories of human development?
(a) He believes that intelligence differences separated people.
(b) He agrees with most of the argument but thinks that germs played a role.
(c) He feels that they are correct.
(d) He feels that they are wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Maori had what type of population?

2. Which of the following is a non-food producing specialist?

3. What was the importance of a written language?

4. Plant and animal domestication led to which of the following?

5. What infectious disease played a role in the European conquest of the Americas?

(see the answer key)

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