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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many "little" languages does China have?

2. How do inventions spread?

3. Africa is home to how many major human groups?

4. The basic writing strategy employed by most people today is which of the following?

5. If knowledge brings power, what increases the power, according to Diamond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Diamond explain the extinction of many large mammals around the world? What other theories have been proposed to explain this? Why does Diamond believe that these theories are not correct?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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