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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Diseases that become epidemics infect which group?
(a) Invertebrates
(b) Fish
(c) Plants
(d) Humans

2. Which region had many of the same advantages as Eurasia?
(a) North America
(b) Chile
(c) Australia
(d) China

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

4. What does Diamond attribute the differences in development to?
(a) The environment
(b) Culture
(c) Genetics
(d) Intelligence

5. What was early writing used for primarily?
(a) Accountings of things like sheep and wool
(b) Writing human history
(c) Communicating with other societies
(d) Journaling

Short Answer Questions

1. The Americas have what type of axis?

2. The basic writing strategy employed by most people today is which of the following?

3. What was the biggest difference between the histories of Old World Europe and the New World Americas?

4. The language that did most of the conquering or "engulfing" in Africa was which of the following?

5. Chiefdoms disappeared in which century?

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