2. Why did Australians not develop writing, more complex technologies, or more complex societies?
(a) The groups in Australia were very cohesive.
(b) They had a larger population than other continents.
(c) Australia was isolated from other societies.
(d) Australia communicated frequently with others who had these technologies.

3. In what types of societies did writing first emerge?
(a) Hunter-gatherers
(b) Places were science was a major focus
(c) Capitalist societies
(d) Places where food production arose

4. How many large mammals in Africa were suited to domestication?
(a) 2
(b) 0
(c) 5
(d) 10

5. What foods did people in the Americas depend on?
(a) Protein-poor wheat
(b) Protein-rich rice
(c) Protein-rich cows
(d) Protein-poor corn

6. Governments that distribute wealth from commoners to the upper classes are known as what?
(a) Monarchies
(b) Oligarchies
(c) Kleptocracies
(d) Democracies

7. Diamond looks at what type of conflict in China?
(a) Neo-continent
(b) Intra-continent
(c) Inter-continent
(d) Extra-continent

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

9. What is a benefit that institutionalized religion provides?
(a) A way to redistribute money from the wealthy to the poor
(b) Frameworks for unrelated individuals to live together without killing each other
(c) The ability to rid a society of evil spirits
(d) Organizing societies by biological race

10. How many "little" languages does China have?
(a) 200
(b) 130
(c) 70
(d) 100

11. Where does Diamond believe that more research needs to be done?
(a) How intelligence differences influence development
(b) How cultural differences influence development
(c) How biological differences influence development
(d) How racial differences influence development

12. Archeological evidence links what early culture with later Pacific island cultures?
(a) Cherokee
(b) Taiwan
(c) Japan
(d) Indian

13. Why didn't Australians develop food production in ancient times?
(a) Too much rainfall to support domesticated plants
(b) Too many plants that could be domesticated
(c) The dry conditions on the continent
(d) Fertile soils

14. Who introduced pottery, chickens, dogs, and pigs to New Guinea?
(a) Native Americans
(b) Austronesians
(c) Europeans
(d) Indians

15. According to Diamond, why are the societies of Asia and the Pacific important?
(a) These societies provide examples of how societies resisted epidemics
(b) These societies provide many examples of how culture inhibited the spread of technology
(c) These societies invented more items than other societies
(d) These societies provide so many examples of how environment influences and shapes history