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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true about the greater Polynesian area?

2. People in the Fertile Crescent began food production around what time?

3. Which area was prominent in the development of weapons?

4. Wild almonds are what?

5. What animal was domesticated in southwest Asia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Fourteen species of large mammals were domesticated. Why weren't other species?

2. Why did infectious diseases give some groups an advantage over others?

3. What happened in the encounter between the Incas and the Spanish?

4. Where did writing develop and what was it like?

5. Why does Diamond argue that wealth and power are distributed unevenly across the globe?

6. What advantages did the Spanish have over the Incas?

7. What is Diamond's objective in studying the societies of Polynesia?

8. Why did Australia not develop writing or complex societies as early as other groups, according to Diamond?

9. How are seeds dispersed?

10. Why does an early colonization date not ensure a head start, according to Diamond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Diamond use the Polynesian Islands as a test of his theory? What conclusions does Diamond get from his examination of these societies?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the axis of a continent important? Use one continent to show how its axis is either an advantage or a disadvantage.

Essay Topic 3

How did food production affect societies? What advantages did societies that had food production gain over societies that didn't?

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