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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "To Farm or Not to Farm".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Giant Leap Forward was which of the following?
(a) Humans arriving in North America
(b) The first use of stone tools
(c) The first Home Sapiens
(d) The development of water going crafts

2. What was one of the biggest population shifts of all time?
(a) The conquest of Europe by Asians
(b) The conquest of Australia by Europeans
(c) The conquest of the Americas by Europeans
(d) The conquest of Polynesia by Americans

3. The Maori had what type of population?
(a) Locally dense
(b) Decreasing
(c) Controlled
(d) Sparse

4. When were the Polynesian islands settled?
(a) A. D. 1200 to A.D. 1800
(b) 10,000 B.C. to 5000 B.C.
(c) 5000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.
(d) 1200 B.C. to around A.D. 1000

5. Who killed and enslaved the Moriori in the Chatham Islands?
(a) Australian Aborigines
(b) Maori
(c) British
(d) Indonesians

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the history of humans begin?

2. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?

3. What advantage did horses provide?

4. What effect did infectious diseases have on the encounter between the Spanish and Incas?

5. The idea that there is a sharp divide between nomadic hunter-gatherers and sedentary food producers is what?

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