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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. Plants like olives, figs and dates were domesticated around what time?
(a) 10,000 B.C.
(b) 1,000 B.C.
(c) 8,000 B.C.
(d) 4,000 B.C.

2. Australia was joined together with which other area at the time that humans arrived?
(a) South America
(b) New Guinea
(c) Africa
(d) Japan

3. People in the Fertile Crescent began food production around what time?
(a) 100 B.C.
(b) 8,500 B.C.
(c) 12,500 B.C.
(d) 3,000 B.C.

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

5. Which of the following was one of the earliest crops?
(a) Dates
(b) Olives
(c) Wheat
(d) Fruit trees

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the history of humans begin?

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

3. What weapons did the Spanish have in their encounter with the Incas?

4. What crop was domesticated in Ethiopia before spreading around the globe?

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

(see the answer key)

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