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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. One argument that people have made is that what stimulated development in Western Europe?
(a) The amount of sunlight
(b) The availability of metals
(c) The cold climate
(d) The absence of germs

2. What influenced life in the island societies of Polynesia?
(a) Trade with Europeans
(b) The tropical climate on all islands
(c) The environment
(d) The closeness to North America

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

4. Which mammal did the Spanish have that the Incas did not?
(a) Dogs
(b) Boars
(c) Horses
(d) Cows

5. How did Native American hunting and gathering societies become farmers?
(a) By domesticating wild yaks
(b) By acquiring Canadian crops
(c) By conquering the Spanish
(d) By acquiring Mexican crops

Short Answer Questions

1. Crops that began food production in an area are known as what?

2. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?

3. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?

4. Why were the Europeans not affected by the infectious diseases that they brought to places like the Americas and Australia?

5. Which of the following was not a domesticated animal?

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