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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. How did Native American hunting and gathering societies become farmers?
(a) By acquiring Mexican crops
(b) By conquering the Spanish
(c) By acquiring Canadian crops
(d) By domesticating wild yaks

2. China has how many "big" languages?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 12

3. Diamond looks at what type of conflict in China?
(a) Inter-continent
(b) Extra-continent
(c) Intra-continent
(d) Neo-continent

4. How do archeologists date food production?
(a) Radiocarbon dating of materials at the site
(b) X-rays of the food
(c) Genetic testing of human descendents
(d) An examination of written texts

5. What slows the spread of domesticated plants?
(a) Similar climates
(b) Areas of farmland
(c) Different climates
(d) The domestication of animals

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Crops that began food production in an area are known as what?

3. When did independent food production begin?

4. Why were domesticated plants able to spread from the Fertile Crescent to nearby areas more easily?

5. Which of the following is not an area very suitable for food production?

(see the answer key)

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