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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: "Spirits in the Colonial Period".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the first millennium AD, Cordoba was the capital of Arab Andalusia, which is now what region?
(a) Southern France.
(b) Northern France.
(c) Northern Spain.
(d) Southern Spain.

2. What ingredient used by Mesopotamian brewers refers to beer-bread?
(a) Sappir.
(b) Yuppir.
(c) Bappir.
(d) Mahbid.

3. Who is the sun god in Egyptian mythology?
(a) Iris.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Ra.
(d) Hathor.

4. When did the first English settlers arrive in Barbados and find the island uninhabited?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1627.
(d) 1635.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sahti is a traditional beer made where?

2. What enzymes convert starch within grain into maltose sugar, or malt?

3. When did Richard MacRagh-naill die from overconsumption of alcohol?

4. 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?

5. When did the fall of Carthage occur at the end of the Third Punic War?

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