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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. About what time did food production begin in the United States?
(a) 8,000 B.C.
(b) 6,000 B.C.
(c) 10,000 B.C.
(d) 100 A.D.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the first occupation of Australia important?

2. Eurasia's axis runs in what type of line?

3. What does Diamond seek to explain in his research?

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

5. What is necessary for a disease to become an epidemic?

(see the answer key)

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