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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many basic writing systems exist?
(a) 25
(b) 10
(c) 3
(d) 1

2. The language that did most of the conquering or "engulfing" in Africa was which of the following?
(a) Nilo-Saharan
(b) Bantu
(c) Niger-Congo
(d) Khoisan

3. What is the first stage in the transition of diseases to humans?
(a) The major epidemic disease becomes confined to humans.
(b) Pathogens establish themselves in humans and the disease does not die out.
(c) Humans pick up germs and diseases from pets and domestic animals but the germs are still only passed from animal to human, not between humans.
(d) Humans pick up the diseases from other humans.

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

5. Which of the following was not a disease that killed large number of peoples in the Americas?
(a) Measles
(b) Ringworm
(c) Smallpox
(d) Influenza

Short Answer Questions

1. Diamond argues that European conquest of Africa had nothing to do with what?

2. What is a benefit that institutionalized religion provides?

3. What was the source of power in New Guinea when food production arose?

4. Who invented things like firearms and steel equipment?

5. In what types of societies did writing first emerge?

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