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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. Which of the following is a non-food producing specialist?
(a) Gatherer
(b) Farmer
(c) Priest
(d) Hunter

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

3. One argument that people have made is that what stimulated development in Western Europe?
(a) The absence of germs
(b) The availability of metals
(c) The cold climate
(d) The amount of sunlight

4. What are "selfer" plants?
(a) Plants that can be started by people
(b) Plants that contain a high level of Vitamin B
(c) Plants that pollinate themselves
(d) Plants that take more soil nutrients than other plants

5. When did independent food production begin?
(a) 5,000 to 4,000 B.C.
(b) 2,000 to 100 B.C.
(c) 8500 to 8000 B.C.
(d) 10,000 to 9000 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage did horses provide?

2. Thirteen of the fourteen large domesticated mammals are native to which area?

3. Which area was prominent in the development of weapons?

4. Which of the following did the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands not share?

5. Some people have argued that those living in warm, humid climates were inhibited in their development by what?

(see the answer key)

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