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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "Speedboat to Polynesia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon was used by the Incas?
(a) Rifles
(b) Wooden clubs
(c) Iron plated ships
(d) Steel swords

2. The arrival of humans on many of the continents coincided with what?
(a) The development of ocean going crafts
(b) The development of stone tools
(c) The mass extinction of large mammals
(d) The disappearance of human ancestors

3. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?
(a) Longer
(b) Larger
(c) Shorter
(d) More difficult

4. Who killed and enslaved the Moriori in the Chatham Islands?
(a) Indonesians
(b) Maori
(c) British
(d) Australian Aborigines

5. Almonds were found in which person's tomb?
(a) Tutankhamen
(b) Jesus
(c) Socrates
(d) Ulysses S. Grant

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is food production important for inventions?

2. Governments that distribute wealth from commoners to the upper classes are known as what?

3. Diamond argues that China is which of the following?

4. Studies have failed to show differences in what among people on different continents?

5. What is true about hunting and gathering societies?

(see the answer key)

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