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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the first occupation of Australia important?
(a) It killed off the most large mammals.
(b) It was the biggest occupation on any continent.
(c) It was the first occupation on any continent.
(d) It required watercraft.

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

3. Which Spanish conquistador first encountered the Incas?
(a) Francis Drake
(b) Ferdinand Magellan
(c) Francisco Pizarro
(d) Christopher Columbus

4. All people were once what?
(a) Wheat producers
(b) Hunters and gatherers
(c) Fiefdoms
(d) Immune to diseases

5. What animal helped groups overthrow and conquer other groups?
(a) Dogs
(b) Lions
(c) Yaks
(d) Horses

6. What factor meant that population could grow?
(a) A nomadic lifestyle
(b) The availability of more consumable calories
(c) Fewer natural predators
(d) The availability of shelter materials

7. How many of the original fourteen large domesticated mammals became widespread across the globe?
(a) 10
(b) 5
(c) 1
(d) 14

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

9. What infectious disease played a role in the European conquest of the Americas?
(a) Smallpox
(b) AIDS
(c) Cancer
(d) Ringworm

10. Where did the Maori live?
(a) Tazmania
(b) New Zealand
(c) Hawaii
(d) Easter Island

11. What was needed for a society to become involved in food production?
(a) An abundance of wild game
(b) Several species of plants that could be domesticated
(c) Some type of fruit tree
(d) A natural disaster

12. What is true about hunting and gathering societies?
(a) Many did not adopt crops when they were introduced to them.
(b) They worked more hours in each day than they did farming.
(c) They spent more time hunting than they did in farming.
(d) All adopted agriculture as soon as introduced.

13. Plants like olives, figs and dates were domesticated around what time?
(a) 8,000 B.C.
(b) 4,000 B.C.
(c) 10,000 B.C.
(d) 1,000 B.C.

14. The arrival of humans on many of the continents coincided with what?
(a) The disappearance of human ancestors
(b) The development of ocean going crafts
(c) The mass extinction of large mammals
(d) The development of stone tools

15. Groups tended to turn to food production after what happened?
(a) Wild animal populations decreased.
(b) They discovered they could save time.
(c) They discovered that the foods were more healthy.
(d) The number of seabirds increased.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop was domesticated in Ethiopia before spreading around the globe?

2. Which of the following is not an area very suitable for food production?

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

4. Almonds were found in which person's tomb?

5. What slows the spread of domesticated plants?

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