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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an discussion that has arisen since Diamond's work was first published?
(a) Why the differences are best explained by intelligence
(b) Why the Americas were conquered
(c) Why Europe didn't expand and conquer
(d) Why China didn't expand and conquer

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

3. How many large mammals in Africa were suited to domestication?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 0
(d) 10

4. Where does Diamond believe that more research needs to be done?
(a) How intelligence differences influence development
(b) How biological differences influence development
(c) How cultural differences influence development
(d) How racial differences influence development

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which region had many of the same advantages as Eurasia?

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

3. What is necessary for a disease to become an epidemic?

4. Who had an advantage over many of the African societies?

5. What is a benefit that institutionalized religion provides?

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