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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Australia was joined together with which other area at the time that humans arrived?
(a) Japan
(b) South America
(c) New Guinea
(d) Africa

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

3. Some people feel that explaining why one group dominates another does what?
(a) Creates more questions
(b) Complicates race relations
(c) Makes individuals mad
(d) Justifies the domination

4. Wild almonds are what?
(a) Poisonous
(b) Less bitter than domesticated
(c) Healthier than domesticated
(d) Sweeter than domesticated

5. What weapons did the Spanish have in their encounter with the Incas?
(a) Stones
(b) Wooden clubs
(c) Sling shots
(d) Steel swords

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage did horses provide?

2. Which mammal did the Spanish have that the Incas did not?

3. Which of the following was not a domesticated animal?

4. Why did the transition to food production not happen earlier?

5. Why were the Europeans not affected by the infectious diseases that they brought to places like the Americas and Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the axis of a continent important?

2. How does the shift to sedentary lifestyles change societies?

3. Why does Diamond believe that China was once more diverse than it is now?

4. Why does Diamond think inventions occur?

5. What was the biggest difference between the histories of Old World Europe and the New World Americas? Why was this important?

6. How did the Maori and the Moriori differ?

7. How did humans choose which plants to begin domesticating?

8. How did leaders of kleptocracies gain support for their systems?

9. Fourteen species of large mammals were domesticated. Why weren't other species?

10. What are the four linguistic families found in China?

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