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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which mammal did the Spanish have that the Incas did not?
(a) Horses
(b) Boars
(c) Dogs
(d) Cows

2. How many of the original fourteen large domesticated mammals became widespread across the globe?
(a) 10
(b) 1
(c) 14
(d) 5

3. Groups tended to turn to food production after what happened?
(a) They discovered they could save time.
(b) The number of seabirds increased.
(c) They discovered that the foods were more healthy.
(d) Wild animal populations decreased.

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

5. Which of the following did the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands not share?
(a) Sets of domesticated plants
(b) Language
(c) Government
(d) Culture

6. Which of the following is not one of the fourteen large mammals that have been used in agriculture or war?
(a) Reindeer
(b) Dog
(c) Cow
(d) Horse

7. What axis is most conducive to the spread of food production?
(a) North-South
(b) Northeast-Southwest
(c) North-West
(d) East-West

8. In the early stages of food production, people did which of the following?
(a) Only raised cultivated crops
(b) Raised mainly cultivated crops
(c) Collected wild food and raised cultivated ones
(d) Spent more time hunting than growing crops

9. Which of the following is not poisonous in the wild?
(a) Eggplants
(b) Squash
(c) Lima beans
(d) Watermelons

10. Which large mammal was found in Australia about the time humans arrived?
(a) Giant kangaroo
(b) Wholly mammoth
(c) Lions
(d) Saber tooth tigers

11. How do archeologists date food production?
(a) Genetic testing of human descendents
(b) An examination of written texts
(c) X-rays of the food
(d) Radiocarbon dating of materials at the site

12. Hunter-gatherers in southeastern Europe adopted crops and agriculture from where?
(a) Southwestern Asia
(b) North America
(c) China
(d) Africa

13. Germs from what produced epidemics in Native American and Australian societies?
(a) Contaminated water
(b) Dirt
(c) Domesticated animals
(d) Air-born organisms

14. Which location did not see a mass extinction of large mammals that was as large as other locations?
(a) Australia
(b) North America
(c) Africa
(d) New Guinea

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thirteen of the fourteen large domesticated mammals are native to which area?

2. What does Diamond seek to explain in his research?

3. What weapons did the Spanish have in their encounter with the Incas?

4. What animal helped groups overthrow and conquer other groups?

5. The Maori and Moriori had what in common?

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