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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 "How China Became Chinese".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Crops that began food production in an area are known as what?
(a) Gatherers
(b) Founder crops
(c) Sedentary
(d) Transient

2. When did independent food production begin?
(a) 5,000 to 4,000 B.C.
(b) 8500 to 8000 B.C.
(c) 10,000 to 9000 B.C.
(d) 2,000 to 100 B.C.

3. Because of its axis, food production spread more rapidly in which of the following?
(a) Southwest Asia
(b) Africa
(c) The Americas
(d) Greenland

4. What crop was domesticated in Ethiopia before spreading around the globe?
(a) The coffee bean
(b) Teff
(c) Manioc
(d) Millet

5. People in areas with a head start on food production gained what?
(a) A head start on guns, germs, and steel
(b) A head start on hunting and gathering techniques
(c) Steel production
(d) A resistance to disease

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do pockets of the three language families other than Sino-Tibetan exist in China?

2. Diamond argues that China is which of the following?

3. Diamond looks at what type of conflict in China?

4. How do archeologists date food production?

5. Independent food production appears to have begun where?

(see the answer key)

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