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

2. What does Diamond seek to explain in his research?
(a) The domination of Western Europe
(b) The different rates of human development
(c) The spread of illnesses
(d) The creation of metal tools

3. Humans developed on what continent?
(a) Africa
(b) Australia
(c) Asia
(d) Europe

4. What is true about the greater Polynesian area?
(a) It is very diverse.
(b) The societies are all warrior societies.
(c) The groups had no contact with each other.
(d) The islands are all large.

5. What animal helped groups overthrow and conquer other groups?
(a) Lions
(b) Horses
(c) Dogs
(d) Yaks

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Moriori lived as which of the following?

3. Germs from what produced epidemics in Native American and Australian societies?

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

5. When did the history of humans begin?

(see the answer key)

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