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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. Why did it take people longer to cultivate fruit tress?

2. Food production meant what to hunting and gathering societies?

3. What slows the spread of domesticated plants?

4. Which of the following is not poisonous in the wild?

5. What weapons did the Spanish have in their encounter with the Incas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the greater Polynesian area like in terms of the environments available?

2. What was the development of humans like before the Great Leap Forward?

3. What advantages did the Fertile Crescent have in domesticating plants?

4. How does the shift to sedentary lifestyles change societies?

5. What are some areas where food production didn't develop early on but the environment is ecologically suited to food production?

6. Why did the developments happen later in the Americas than in Eurasia?

7. What made the spread of Austronesian culture possible?

8. How did the Maori and the Moriori differ?

9. What is surprising about where food production developed early?

10. Did hunter-gatherers adopt the crops and agriculture from neighboring groups or did invaders bring with them the knowledge and crops?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are some native, wild plants domesticated? Trace the development of domesticating plants, including identifying those wild plants that were among the first domesticated plants.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What influences a hunter-gatherer society to become food producers? What is surprising about this transition?

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