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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 animal was domesticated in southwest Asia?
(a) Sheep
(b) Llama
(c) None
(d) Pig

2. Why didn't Australians develop food production in ancient times?
(a) Too many plants that could be domesticated
(b) Fertile soils
(c) Too much rainfall to support domesticated plants
(d) The dry conditions on the continent

3. What is a factor that influenced a group to adopt agriculture?
(a) Agriculture made them more vulnerable to surrounding groups
(b) The decrease in the population
(c) The decline of wild foods
(d) The decreased availability of domesticated plants

4. China has how many "big" languages?
(a) 2
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 12

5. The large domesticated mammals were all domesticated before what date?
(a) 10,000 B.C.
(b) 2500 B.C.
(c) 8000 B.C.
(d) 5000 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an area very suitable for food production?

2. In what types of societies did writing first emerge?

3. The Giant Leap Forward was which of the following?

4. Why did Australians not develop writing, more complex technologies, or more complex societies?

5. Diamond looks at what type of conflict in China?

(see the answer key)

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