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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how long ago did humans begin migrating out of Africa?
(a) 25,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) 50,000 years ago.
(d) 5,000 years ago.

2. What beer created by the Incas was offered to the rising sun in a golden cup and then poured onto the ground as an offering to the gods of the Earth?
(a) Pulque.
(b) Chicha.
(c) Sahti.
(d) Bappir.

3. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?
(a) The Nile River.
(b) The Amazon River.
(c) The Euphates River.
(d) The Ganges River.

4. How much of the human body is comprised of water?
(a) 4/5.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/3.

5. The pictogram from a seal found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia that shows two figures drinking beer through straws dates to approximately what age?
(a) 4000 BCE.
(b) 2000 BCE.
(c) 1000 BCE.
(d) 6000 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year did Urok in Mesopotamia have a population of around 50,000, according to the author in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt"?

2. What is the approximate measurement of a sila from Ancient Mesopotamia?

3. In what is Sahti brewed?

4. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?

5. From approximately when does "The Ebers Papyrus" date?

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