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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. Where did things like agriculture and writing develop?
(a) North America
(b) Warm climates
(c) The Arctic Circle
(d) Western Europe

2. About what time did food production begin in the United States?
(a) 100 A.D.
(b) 8,000 B.C.
(c) 6,000 B.C.
(d) 10,000 B.C.

3. People in areas with a head start on food production gained what?
(a) Steel production
(b) A head start on guns, germs, and steel
(c) A resistance to disease
(d) A head start on hunting and gathering techniques

4. What effect did infectious diseases have on the encounter between the Spanish and Incas?
(a) The Spanish horses were left weak.
(b) Many Incas died as a result of them.
(c) A smallpox vaccine was invented to save the Incas.
(d) Many Spanish died from the diseases.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the importance of a written language?

2. Some people feel that explaining why one group dominates another does what?

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

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

5. People often assume that there are what type of differences between people living on different continents?

(see the answer key)

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