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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. 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.

2. The author states in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" that during the construction of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the standard ration for a laborer was three or four loaves of bread and about how many jugs containing around four liters of beer?
(a) Three.
(b) Nine.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

3. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?
(a) Epic hunting stories.
(b) Plays and novels.
(c) Poems and short stoies.
(d) Wage lists and tax receipts.

4. 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"?
(a) 1500 BCE.
(b) 2000 BCE.
(c) 3000 BCE.
(d) 1000 BCE.

5. 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) Bappir.
(c) Sahti.
(d) Chicha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the god of agriculture and the king of the afterlife in Ancient Egyptian mythology?

2. Approximately how long ago did humans begin migrating out of Africa?

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

4. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?

5. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?

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