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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. Wild almonds are what?
(a) Poisonous
(b) Less bitter than domesticated
(c) Sweeter than domesticated
(d) Healthier than domesticated

2. In the early stages of food production, people did which of the following?
(a) Raised mainly cultivated crops
(b) Spent more time hunting than growing crops
(c) Collected wild food and raised cultivated ones
(d) Only raised cultivated crops

3. Groups tended to turn to food production after what happened?
(a) They discovered that the foods were more healthy.
(b) The number of seabirds increased.
(c) They discovered they could save time.
(d) Wild animal populations decreased.

4. The ability of societies to have non-food producing specialists, like soldiers, was due to what?
(a) The ability to store food
(b) The ability to conquer other groups
(c) A capitalist society
(d) Large populations

5. Crops that began food production in an area are known as what?
(a) Transient
(b) Founder crops
(c) Sedentary
(d) Gatherers

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?

2. Why was the first occupation of Australia important?

3. At 11,000 B.C., which continent was most likely to develop quickly?

4. What is true about the greater Polynesian area?

5. Strawberries are adapted to have seeds spread by what animals?

(see the answer key)

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