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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. All crops began as what?
(a) A native plant
(b) A wild plant species
(c) A foreign plant
(d) A domesticated plant

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

4. The Giant Leap Forward was which of the following?
(a) The first Home Sapiens
(b) The development of water going crafts
(c) Humans arriving in North America
(d) The first use of stone tools

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

6. How does Diamond feel about the traditional theories of human development?
(a) He feels that they are wrong.
(b) He agrees with most of the argument but thinks that germs played a role.
(c) He feels that they are correct.
(d) He believes that intelligence differences separated people.

7. Some people argue that examining domination leads to what type of focus?
(a) Asiatic
(b) Cultural
(c) Historical
(d) Eurocentric

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

9. 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

10. Why did the transition to food production not happen earlier?
(a) There were no tools for food production
(b) Wild animals were widely available
(c) People were involved in creating weapons
(d) Wild plants were not available

11. Why were domesticated plants able to spread from the Fertile Crescent to nearby areas more easily?
(a) Reindeer spread the seeds
(b) They were already adapted to the climate
(c) They were already adapted to the people's tastes
(d) Differing amounts of rainfall

12. Which of the following did the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands not share?
(a) Government
(b) Language
(c) Culture
(d) Sets of domesticated plants

13. What was one of the biggest population shifts of all time?
(a) The conquest of Australia by Europeans
(b) The conquest of the Americas by Europeans
(c) The conquest of Polynesia by Americans
(d) The conquest of Europe by Asians

14. Crops that began food production in an area are known as what?
(a) Founder crops
(b) Gatherers
(c) Sedentary
(d) Transient

15. Why was literacy important for the Spanish?
(a) It allowed them to sail to the Americas.
(b) It gave them more knowledge about the situation.
(c) They were able to read the King's demands.
(d) It increased their faith in God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true of the first farmers in many areas as compared to the hunters and gatherers?

2. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?

3. Traditional arguments seeking to explain domination have often focused on what?

4. How did farmers end up with plants that fulfilled their needs?

5. What was needed for a society to become involved in food production?

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