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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. What argument about the mass extinction of large mammals does Diamond argue against?
(a) Rapid diseases
(b) Climate change
(c) Killer bees
(d) The arrival of humans

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

3. Which large mammal was found in Australia about the time humans arrived?
(a) Lions
(b) Wholly mammoth
(c) Saber tooth tigers
(d) Giant kangaroo

4. Where did the Maori live?
(a) Hawaii
(b) Tazmania
(c) Easter Island
(d) New Zealand

5. What is one explanation that Diamond gives for why food production didn't begin earlier in some ecologically better areas?
(a) There were no large mammals available.
(b) There was some problem with the wild plants available.
(c) People weren't intelligent enough to figure it out.
(d) The environment in the area was too poor for farming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Almonds were found in which person's tomb?

2. Some people have argued that those living in warm, humid climates were inhibited in their development by what?

3. When were the Polynesian islands settled?

4. Plants like olives, figs and dates were domesticated around what time?

5. Humans developed on what continent?

(see the answer key)

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