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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 &quot;Zebras, Unhappy Marriages, and <I>Anna Karenina</I>&quot;.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Spanish conquistador first encountered the Incas?
(a) Francisco Pizarro
(b) Francis Drake
(c) Christopher Columbus
(d) Ferdinand Magellan

2. All people were once what?
(a) Immune to diseases
(b) Fiefdoms
(c) Wheat producers
(d) Hunters and gatherers

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Traditional arguments seeking to explain domination have often focused on what?

2. Why did it take people longer to cultivate fruit tress?

3. Diamond argues that wealth and power are distributed unevenly because what developed at different times?

4. Domesticated animals need to have what type of disposition?

5. When were the Polynesian islands settled?

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