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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. Why did Australians not develop writing, more complex technologies, or more complex societies?
(a) They had a larger population than other continents.
(b) The groups in Australia were very cohesive.
(c) Australia communicated frequently with others who had these technologies.
(d) Australia was isolated from other societies.

2. What effect did infectious diseases have on the encounter between the Spanish and Incas?
(a) Many Incas died as a result of them.
(b) The Spanish horses were left weak.
(c) Many Spanish died from the diseases.
(d) A smallpox vaccine was invented to save the Incas.

3. Which type of society uses a monopoly of force?
(a) States
(b) Tribes
(c) Bands
(d) Chiefdoms

4. What is typically necessary for a society to have non-food specialists beyond kings and bureaucrats?
(a) Taxes
(b) Electricity
(c) Gas powered machinery
(d) Education

5. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?
(a) How war can end if groups decide to stop
(b) How the loss of large mammals gave societies an advantage
(c) How shared culture is important
(d) How environments shape societies

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Spanish conquistador first encountered the Incas?

2. Because of its axis, food production spread more rapidly in which of the following?

3. Which location did not see a mass extinction of large mammals that was as large as other locations?

4. Which of the following is not one of the fourteen large mammals that have been used in agriculture or war?

5. What is human's slowest defense against germs?

(see the answer key)

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