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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. Where did the Incas first encounter the Spanish?
(a) Cuba
(b) Canada
(c) Florida
(d) Peru

2. What is typically necessary for a society to have non-food specialists beyond kings and bureaucrats?
(a) Gas powered machinery
(b) Education
(c) Taxes
(d) Electricity

3. The Giant Leap Forward was which of the following?
(a) The development of water going crafts
(b) The first use of stone tools
(c) The first Home Sapiens
(d) Humans arriving in North America

4. Which of the following did domestic livestock not provide people?
(a) Fertilizer for other plants
(b) Access to water
(c) Power
(d) Meat

5. How do archeologists date food production?
(a) Genetic testing of human descendents
(b) Radiocarbon dating of materials at the site
(c) An examination of written texts
(d) X-rays of the food

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true about hunting and gathering societies?

2. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?

3. What advantage did horses provide?

4. How does Diamond explain the mass extinction of large mammals in some areas?

5. What is Diamond's primary question in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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