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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What axis is most conducive to the spread of food production?
2. Traditional arguments seeking to explain domination have often focused on what?
3. What advantage did horses provide?
4. Groups who remained hunter-gatherers into the twentieth century lived in what types of areas?
5. Which of these food items was domesticated most recently?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened in the encounter between the Incas and the Spanish?
2. Why does Diamond object to many of the traditional views on the uneven distribution of wealth and power?
3. Why does an early colonization date not ensure a head start, according to Diamond?
4. The expansion of humans had what effect on the natural world?
5. Why is the axis of a continent important?
6. What advantages did the Fertile Crescent have in domesticating plants?
7. What is one new piece of information that has come to light since Diamond's work was first published?
8. Why did the developments happen later in the Americas than in Eurasia?
9. How is the production of food related to the advantages of guns, germs, and steel?
10. How did the ability to use domesticated plants and animals differentiate the Polynesian societies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of the other theories that try to explain the differing development of societies? How does Diamond refute these theories? Why does he believe that they are not correct?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Diamond use the Polynesian Islands as a test of his theory? What conclusions does Diamond get from his examination of these societies?
Essay Topic 3
What does Diamond believe led to the unequal distribution of wealth and power in the world? Do you agree or disagree with his explanation? Do you think that he is missing any aspects?
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