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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chiefdoms disappeared in which century?
(a) 18th
(b) 14th
(c) 20th
(d) 1st

2. What is a benefit that institutionalized religion provides?
(a) The ability to rid a society of evil spirits
(b) Organizing societies by biological race
(c) Frameworks for unrelated individuals to live together without killing each other
(d) A way to redistribute money from the wealthy to the poor

3. What was the source of power in New Guinea when food production arose?
(a) Electricity
(b) Horses
(c) Humans
(d) Cows

4. When was Diamond's work first published?
(a) 1987
(b) 1980
(c) 1997
(d) 1956

5. Archeological evidence links what early culture with later Pacific island cultures?
(a) Indian
(b) Japan
(c) Cherokee
(d) Taiwan

Short Answer Questions

1. Australia was once joined together what what other land mass?

2. What is human's slowest defense against germs?

3. Where did technology grow the fastest according to Diamond?

4. Which of the following was not a disease that killed large number of peoples in the Americas?

5. According to Diamond, why are the societies of Asia and the Pacific important?

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