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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 factor meant that population could grow?
(a) A nomadic lifestyle
(b) Fewer natural predators
(c) The availability of shelter materials
(d) The availability of more consumable calories

2. The Giant Leap Forward was which of the following?
(a) The first Home Sapiens
(b) Humans arriving in North America
(c) The first use of stone tools
(d) The development of water going crafts

3. What was early writing used for primarily?
(a) Writing human history
(b) Communicating with other societies
(c) Accountings of things like sheep and wool
(d) Journaling

4. How many basic writing systems exist?
(a) 1
(b) 25
(c) 3
(d) 10

5. Germs from what produced epidemics in Native American and Australian societies?
(a) Domesticated animals
(b) Dirt
(c) Air-born organisms
(d) Contaminated water

Short Answer Questions

1. The Moriori lived as which of the following?

2. Why didn't Australians develop food production in ancient times?

3. Traditional arguments seeking to explain domination have often focused on what?

4. Where did the Maori live?

5. In the early stages of food production, people did which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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