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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. Australia was joined together with which other area at the time that humans arrived?
(a) New Guinea
(b) South America
(c) Africa
(d) Japan

2. Hunter-gatherers in southeastern Europe adopted crops and agriculture from where?
(a) Southwestern Asia
(b) North America
(c) Africa
(d) China

3. Where were the earliest known stone tools with ground edges found?
(a) Asia
(b) Australia
(c) Europe
(d) Africa

4. The Miao-Yao family of language is spoken where?
(a) In Mongolia
(b) In large cities from Thailand to Myanmar
(c) Small enclaves from South China to Thailand
(d) Only in China's large cities

5. Diamond suggests that inventions occur because of what?
(a) Superior intelligence
(b) Perceived need
(c) Peoples' curiosity and tinkering
(d) Greater creativity

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What argument about the mass extinction of large mammals does Diamond argue against?

3. Which mammal did the Spanish have that the Incas did not?

4. Which Spanish conquistador first encountered the Incas?

5. The Moriori lived as which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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