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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. When did independent food production begin?
(a) 2,000 to 100 B.C.
(b) 5,000 to 4,000 B.C.
(c) 10,000 to 9000 B.C.
(d) 8500 to 8000 B.C.

2. What does Diamond seek to explain in his research?
(a) The different rates of human development
(b) The domination of Western Europe
(c) The spread of illnesses
(d) The creation of metal tools

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?

2. Why were the Europeans not affected by the infectious diseases that they brought to places like the Americas and Australia?

3. Which area was prominent in the development of weapons?

4. Which Spanish conquistador first encountered the Incas?

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

(see the answer key)

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