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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 "From Egalitarian to Kleptocracy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect did infectious diseases have on the encounter between the Spanish and Incas?
(a) A smallpox vaccine was invented to save the Incas.
(b) The Spanish horses were left weak.
(c) Many Incas died as a result of them.
(d) Many Spanish died from the diseases.

2. The large domesticated mammals were all domesticated before what date?
(a) 10,000 B.C.
(b) 8000 B.C.
(c) 5000 B.C.
(d) 2500 B.C.

3. What allowed the Maori to have specialists and warriors as part of their society?
(a) A capitalist society
(b) Greater intelligence
(c) Weapons
(d) Stored crop surpluses

4. Traditional arguments seeking to explain domination have often focused on what?
(a) Brain size differences
(b) Monetary differences
(c) Height differences
(d) Racial differences

5. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?
(a) By moving to an area that no one wanted
(b) By renouncing war
(c) By giving in when challenged
(d) By choosing not to develop weapons

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was needed for a society to become involved in food production?

3. Hunter-gatherers in southeastern Europe adopted crops and agriculture from where?

4. Plant and animal domestication led to which of the following?

5. Groups who remained hunter-gatherers into the twentieth century lived in what types of areas?

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