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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. Which of the following is not an area very suitable for food production?
2. In the early stages of food production, people did which of the following?
3. What influenced life in the island societies of Polynesia?
4. At 11,000 B.C., which continent was most likely to develop quickly?
5. How many of the original fourteen large domesticated mammals became widespread across the globe?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did societies in New Guinea and Australia develop differently?
2. What made the spread of Austronesian culture possible?
3. What misconceptions exist about the transition from hunter-gatherers to food producers?
4. How did humans choose which plants to begin domesticating?
5. How is the production of food related to the advantages of guns, germs, and steel?
6. How does the shift to sedentary lifestyles change societies?
7. How do historical sciences differ from non-historical sciences?
8. Why did infectious diseases give some groups an advantage over others?
9. Why did the developments happen later in the Americas than in Eurasia?
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
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
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
Why did the societies in New Guinea and Australia develop at different times? What differences were present between these areas?
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