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

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

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

4. Independent food production appears to have begun where?
(a) The eastern edge of Canada
(b) The Fertile Crescent
(c) South America
(d) Siberia

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one factor in the differing developments in the timing of food production?

2. What infectious disease played a role in the European conquest of the Americas?

3. Which of the following was one of the earliest crops?

4. Where did the Maori live?

5. About what time did food production begin in the United States?

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