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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ability of societies to have non-food producing specialists, like soldiers, was due to what?
(a) Large populations
(b) The ability to store food
(c) The ability to conquer other groups
(d) A capitalist society

2. Groups who remained hunter-gatherers into the twentieth century lived in what types of areas?
(a) Areas where natural resources are abundant
(b) Areas near the equator
(c) Areas not fit for food production
(d) Areas with lots of water

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

4. Where did the Incas first encounter the Spanish?
(a) Canada
(b) Florida
(c) Peru
(d) Cuba

5. People in the Fertile Crescent began food production around what time?
(a) 8,500 B.C.
(b) 3,000 B.C.
(c) 12,500 B.C.
(d) 100 B.C.

6. Plant and animal domestication led to which of the following?
(a) Sparser societies
(b) Increased hunger
(c) Less warfare
(d) Denser human populations

7. What influenced life in the island societies of Polynesia?
(a) The closeness to North America
(b) The environment
(c) Trade with Europeans
(d) The tropical climate on all islands

8. 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.

9. Which of the following is not poisonous in the wild?
(a) Eggplants
(b) Lima beans
(c) Watermelons
(d) Squash

10. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?
(a) Shorter
(b) Larger
(c) More difficult
(d) Longer

11. People often assume that there are what type of differences between people living on different continents?
(a) Biological
(b) Imaginative
(c) Monetary
(d) Historical

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

13. Thirteen of the fourteen large domesticated mammals are native to which area?
(a) Australia
(b) Africa
(c) Eurasia
(d) The Americas

14. Which of these food items was domesticated most recently?
(a) Peas
(b) Pecans
(c) Olives
(d) Strawberries

15. Which of the following was not a domesticated animal?
(a) Reindeer
(b) Camels
(c) Cows
(d) Bears

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not one of the eight "founder" crops that started in the Fertile Crescent?

2. How many of the original fourteen large domesticated mammals became widespread across the globe?

3. The axis of a continent does not affect the spread of what?

4. Plants like olives, figs and dates were domesticated around what time?

5. About what time did food production begin in the United States?

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