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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. Why did the transition to food production not happen earlier?
(a) Wild plants were not available
(b) Wild animals were widely available
(c) People were involved in creating weapons
(d) There were no tools for food production

2. Why was literacy important for the Spanish?
(a) It allowed them to sail to the Americas.
(b) It increased their faith in God.
(c) It gave them more knowledge about the situation.
(d) They were able to read the King's demands.

3. When did the history of humans begin?
(a) 15 million years ago
(b) 1 million years ago
(c) 2 thousand years ago
(d) 7 million years ago

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

5. What animal helped groups overthrow and conquer other groups?
(a) Yaks
(b) Lions
(c) Dogs
(d) Horses

Short Answer Questions

1. Plant and animal domestication led to which of the following?

2. What advantage did horses provide?

3. How does Diamond explain the mass extinction of large mammals in some areas?

4. What weapon was used by the Incas?

5. Why were the Europeans not affected by the infectious diseases that they brought to places like the Americas and Australia?

(see the answer key)

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