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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 "How to Make an Almond".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What argument about the mass extinction of large mammals does Diamond argue against?
(a) Killer bees
(b) Rapid diseases
(c) The arrival of humans
(d) Climate change

4. All crops began as what?
(a) A wild plant species
(b) A domesticated plant
(c) A foreign plant
(d) A native plant

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hunter-gatherers in southeastern Europe adopted crops and agriculture from where?

2. How did Native American hunting and gathering societies become farmers?

3. How did farmers end up with plants that fulfilled their needs?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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