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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 is not one of the eight "founder" crops that started in the Fertile Crescent?
(a) Rice
(b) Chickpea
(c) Emmer wheat
(d) Flax

2. Because of its axis, food production spread more rapidly in which of the following?
(a) Greenland
(b) The Americas
(c) Southwest Asia
(d) Africa

3. The main killers in Africa and the Americas came from where?
(a) Polynesia
(b) Eurasia
(c) Australia
(d) Greenland

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

5. What is a stone tool or implement that an individual used to pound the fibrous bark of some trees into material that could be used for ropes, nets, and clothing?
(a) A hammer
(b) A wood pounder
(c) A tree downer
(d) A bark beater

Short Answer Questions

1. Some people feel that explaining why one group dominates another does what?

2. What factor meant that population could grow?

3. Where were the earliest known stone tools with ground edges found?

4. Why were domesticated plants able to spread from the Fertile Crescent to nearby areas more easily?

5. If knowledge brings power, what increases the power, according to Diamond?

(see the answer key)

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