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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 is a benefit that institutionalized religion provides?
(a) Organizing societies by biological race
(b) Frameworks for unrelated individuals to live together without killing each other
(c) A way to redistribute money from the wealthy to the poor
(d) The ability to rid a society of evil spirits

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

3. Which of the following is not poisonous in the wild?
(a) Eggplants
(b) Squash
(c) Watermelons
(d) Lima beans

4. Which mammal did the Spanish have that the Incas did not?
(a) Boars
(b) Dogs
(c) Cows
(d) Horses

5. What is Diamond's primary question in Chapter 7?
(a) How hunter-gathereres found food
(b) Why hunter-gatherers adopted plant production
(c) Why domesticated animals became extinct
(d) How ancient farmers domesticated plants

Short Answer Questions

1. What is necessary for a disease to become an epidemic?

2. What is a factor that influenced a group to adopt agriculture?

3. What does Diamond seek to explain in his research?

4. How did farmers end up with plants that fulfilled their needs?

5. Which large mammal was found in Australia about the time humans arrived?

(see the answer key)

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