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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 Maori and Moriori had what in common?
(a) Weapons
(b) Goals
(c) A government
(d) Ancestors

2. Where did things like agriculture and writing develop?
(a) Western Europe
(b) North America
(c) Warm climates
(d) The Arctic Circle

3. The arrival of founder crops enabled local populations to become what?
(a) Obese
(b) Sedentary
(c) Rich
(d) Nomadic

4. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?
(a) More difficult
(b) Larger
(c) Shorter
(d) Longer

5. Which of the following did the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands not share?
(a) Sets of domesticated plants
(b) Language
(c) Culture
(d) Government

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Independent food production began in how many places?

3. Studies have failed to show differences in what among people on different continents?

4. All crops began as what?

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

(see the answer key)

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