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

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

3. Groups who remained hunter-gatherers into the twentieth century lived in what types of areas?
(a) Areas not fit for food production
(b) Areas with lots of water
(c) Areas near the equator
(d) Areas where natural resources are abundant

4. Diamond argues that wealth and power are distributed unevenly because what developed at different times?
(a) Agriculture and metal tools
(b) Agriculture and education
(c) Technology and education
(d) Technology and metal tools.

5. 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 absence of germs
(d) The cold climate

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diamond seek to explain in his research?

2. Some people feel that explaining why one group dominates another does what?

3. The Giant Leap Forward occurred when?

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

5. Independent food production began in how many places?

(see the answer key)

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