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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 infectious disease played a role in the European conquest of the Americas?
(a) Ringworm
(b) AIDS
(c) Cancer
(d) Smallpox

2. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?
(a) How environments shape societies
(b) How shared culture is important
(c) How the loss of large mammals gave societies an advantage
(d) How war can end if groups decide to stop

3. Who invented things like firearms and steel equipment?
(a) Americans
(b) Australians
(c) Africans
(d) Eurasians

4. Which of the following is not one of the fourteen large mammals that have been used in agriculture or war?
(a) Cow
(b) Reindeer
(c) Horse
(d) Dog

5. The Moriori lived as which of the following?
(a) Feudal lords
(b) Slaves
(c) Farmers
(d) Hunters and gatherers

Short Answer Questions

1. Once something is invented, what must happen?

2. How do archeologists date food production?

3. What is not one of the eight "founder" crops that started in the Fertile Crescent?

4. Some people argue that examining domination leads to what type of focus?

5. What is not an advantage that the Fertile Crescent had in food production?

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