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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue "The Future of Human History as a Science".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Diamond attribute the differences in development to?
(a) Genetics
(b) Culture
(c) Intelligence
(d) The environment

3. Why did the developments occur later in the Americas that in Europe?
(a) Humans had lived in Europe longer
(b) Eurasia had fewer wild plants suitable for domestication
(c) The Americas were less isolated
(d) The Americas had more large mammals available

4. The language that did most of the conquering or "engulfing" in Africa was which of the following?
(a) Khoisan
(b) Bantu
(c) Niger-Congo
(d) Nilo-Saharan

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are historical sciences different from non-historical sciences?

2. Which of the following was one of the earliest crops?

3. What advantage did horses provide?

4. Cultural and individual idiosyncrasies throw what into the course of history?

5. Which Spanish conquistador first encountered the Incas?

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