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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The Moriori lived as which of the following?
(a) Feudal lords
(b) Farmers
(c) Hunters and gatherers
(d) Slaves
2. All people were once what?
(a) Immune to diseases
(b) Wheat producers
(c) Hunters and gatherers
(d) Fiefdoms
3. The arrival of humans on many of the continents coincided with what?
(a) The mass extinction of large mammals
(b) The development of stone tools
(c) The development of ocean going crafts
(d) The disappearance of human ancestors
4. The Maori and Moriori had what in common?
(a) Ancestors
(b) Goals
(c) Weapons
(d) A government
5. The Giant Leap Forward occurred when?
(a) 25,000 years ago
(b) 50,000 years ago
(c) 10,000 years ago
(d) 2,000 years ago
6. People often assume that there are what type of differences between people living on different continents?
(a) Historical
(b) Monetary
(c) Biological
(d) Imaginative
7. Which of the following was one of the earliest crops?
(a) Wheat
(b) Fruit trees
(c) Olives
(d) Dates
8. Some people argue that examining domination leads to what type of focus?
(a) Cultural
(b) Historical
(c) Eurocentric
(d) Asiatic
9. Where did things like agriculture and writing develop?
(a) Warm climates
(b) North America
(c) Western Europe
(d) The Arctic Circle
10. Why did it take people longer to cultivate fruit tress?
(a) They had longer growing periods before harvest.
(b) Their production was low.
(c) They were rare.
(d) They were too easy to cultivate.
11. All crops began as what?
(a) A wild plant species
(b) A native plant
(c) A foreign plant
(d) A domesticated plant
12. Food production meant what to hunting and gathering societies?
(a) Fewer hours of labor each day
(b) More physical work
(c) More nomadic lifestyles
(d) Less physical demands
13. What is a factor that influenced a group to adopt agriculture?
(a) The decline of wild foods
(b) Agriculture made them more vulnerable to surrounding groups
(c) The decrease in the population
(d) The decreased availability of domesticated plants
14. What is true about the greater Polynesian area?
(a) The islands are all large.
(b) The groups had no contact with each other.
(c) It is very diverse.
(d) The societies are all warrior societies.
15. Some people have argued that those living in warm, humid climates were inhibited in their development by what?
(a) The heat
(b) The lack of materials
(c) The lower intelligence
(d) The amount of germs
Short Answer Questions
1. What allowed the Maori to have specialists and warriors as part of their society?
2. Which of the following is not one of the fourteen large mammals that have been used in agriculture or war?
3. How does Diamond feel about the traditional theories of human development?
4. Eurasia's axis runs in what type of line?
5. Groups tended to turn to food production after what happened?
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