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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. The Maori and Moriori had what in common?
(a) Goals
(b) Ancestors
(c) A government
(d) Weapons
2. How did the Moriori avoid conflict?
(a) By choosing not to develop weapons
(b) By giving in when challenged
(c) By renouncing war
(d) By moving to an area that no one wanted
3. Which large mammal was found in Australia about the time humans arrived?
(a) Lions
(b) Giant kangaroo
(c) Wholly mammoth
(d) Saber tooth tigers
4. Which of these food items was domesticated most recently?
(a) Strawberries
(b) Pecans
(c) Olives
(d) Peas
5. Crops that began food production in an area are known as what?
(a) Gatherers
(b) Transient
(c) Founder crops
(d) Sedentary
Short Answer Questions
1. Some people argue that examining domination leads to what type of focus?
2. Thirteen of the fourteen large domesticated mammals are native to which area?
3. What was one of the biggest population shifts of all time?
4. Why was the first occupation of Australia important?
5. Germs from what produced epidemics in Native American and Australian societies?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the developments happen later in the Americas than in Eurasia?
2. Why does an early colonization date not ensure a head start, according to Diamond?
3. Infectious diseases that become epidemics tend to share what characteristics?
4. Why does Diamond argue that wealth and power are distributed unevenly across the globe?
5. What advantages did the Fertile Crescent have in domesticating plants?
6. Why does Diamond think inventions occur?
7. Why did Eurasia have an advantage in the domestication of animals?
8. Where did food production develop independently?
9. What was the greater Polynesian area like in terms of the environments available?
10. Why is the axis of a continent important?
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