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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a major infectious disease?
(a) Cancer
(b) Smallpox
(c) Malaria
(d) Influenza

2. Africa is home to how many major human groups?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 10
(d) 25

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

4. Diamond argues that European conquest of Africa had nothing to do with what?
(a) Accidents of geography
(b) Biogeography
(c) Racial superiority
(d) Superior weapons

5. 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 invented more items than other societies
(c) These societies provide examples of how societies resisted epidemics
(d) These societies provide so many examples of how environment influences and shapes history

Short Answer Questions

1. What foods did people in the Americas depend on?

2. Diamond looks at what type of conflict in China?

3. China has how many "big" languages?

4. Which type of society uses a monopoly of force?

5. Who invented things like firearms and steel equipment?

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