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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. Which mammal did the Spanish have that the Incas did not?
(a) Dogs
(b) Cows
(c) Horses
(d) Boars
2. Some people feel that explaining why one group dominates another does what?
(a) Creates more questions
(b) Complicates race relations
(c) Justifies the domination
(d) Makes individuals mad
3. Crops that began food production in an area are known as what?
(a) Transient
(b) Sedentary
(c) Founder crops
(d) Gatherers
4. What is a factor that influenced a group to adopt agriculture?
(a) The decreased availability of domesticated plants
(b) The decrease in the population
(c) The decline of wild foods
(d) Agriculture made them more vulnerable to surrounding groups
5. Which location did not see a mass extinction of large mammals that was as large as other locations?
(a) North America
(b) Africa
(c) New Guinea
(d) Australia
Short Answer Questions
1. Domesticated animals need to have what type of disposition?
2. Why was the first occupation of Australia important?
3. What animal was domesticated in southwest Asia?
4. What advantage did horses provide?
5. What is not one of the eight "founder" crops that started in the Fertile Crescent?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are several stages in the development of plant domestication? Which plants were domesticated in each stage?
2. Why is the axis of a continent important?
3. Why does Diamond argue that wealth and power are distributed unevenly across the globe?
4. Why does Diamond think inventions occur?
5. How do inventions spread between societies?
6. How do historical sciences differ from non-historical sciences?
7. What is one other explanation (different than Diamond's) to explain the uneven distribution of wealth and power.
8. What advantages did the Fertile Crescent have in domesticating plants?
9. Why did food production not occur earlier in history?
10. Why did societies in New Guinea and Australia develop differently?
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