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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Collision at Cajamarca".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which area was prominent in the development of weapons?
(a) Western Europe
(b) North America
(c) Africa
(d) South America

2. At 11,000 B.C., which continent was most likely to develop quickly?
(a) North America
(b) Africa
(c) Asia
(d) Any of them could have developed most quickly

3. The Moriori lived as which of the following?
(a) Slaves
(b) Hunters and gatherers
(c) Farmers
(d) Feudal lords

4. What effect did infectious diseases have on the encounter between the Spanish and Incas?
(a) A smallpox vaccine was invented to save the Incas.
(b) Many Incas died as a result of them.
(c) Many Spanish died from the diseases.
(d) The Spanish horses were left weak.

5. One argument that people have made is that what stimulated development in Western Europe?
(a) The absence of germs
(b) The cold climate
(c) The amount of sunlight
(d) The availability of metals

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Incas first encounter the Spanish?

2. Where did the Maori live?

3. Who killed and enslaved the Moriori in the Chatham Islands?

4. Where did things like agriculture and writing develop?

5. Diamond argues that examining Polynesia helps the reader see what?

(see the answer key)

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