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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 "Hemispheres Colliding".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sedentary lifestyles led to what type of birth intervals?
(a) Larger
(b) Longer
(c) More difficult
(d) Shorter

3. In what types of societies did writing first emerge?
(a) Places where food production arose
(b) Hunter-gatherers
(c) Capitalist societies
(d) Places were science was a major focus

4. What was the source of power in New Guinea when food production arose?
(a) Horses
(b) Cows
(c) Humans
(d) Electricity

5. What invention sped up the spread of plants and technologies in Polynesia?
(a) Wheels
(b) Yachts
(c) Wagons
(d) "Outrigger" canoes

Short Answer Questions

1. Eurasia's axis runs in what type of line?

2. Humans developed on what continent?

3. Why is food production important for inventions?

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

5. Groups who remained hunter-gatherers into the twentieth century lived in what types of areas?

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