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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. History's first known money consisted of what material?
(a) Silk.
(b) Gold.
(c) Copper.
(d) Barley.

2. In what part of the world did the ancient Sumerians live?
(a) Southern Mesopotamia.
(b) Northern Mesopotamia.
(c) Eastern Greece.
(d) Northern Rome.

3. In what millenium does Harari assert that people began to believe that a single order could rule all of humanity?
(a) The Third Millennium BC.
(b) The Second Millennium BC.
(c) The First Millennium BC.
(d) The First Millennium AD.

4. The Code of Hammurabi was written in what year?
(a) 1352 AD.
(b) 1776 BC.
(c) 1352 BC.
(d) 1776 AD.

5. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?
(a) Ancient Aztecs.
(b) Ancient Incas.
(c) Ancient Babylonians.
(d) Ancient Mayans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Harari name as the culprit behind the negative effects of the Agricultural Revolution on Homo sapiens?

2. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?

3. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?

4. How much money that exists in the world "exists only on computer servers" (178)?

5. What other object did coins replace when they came along in history?

(see the answer key)

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