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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. What ship did John Winthrop take to America in 1628?
(a) The Elizabeth.
(b) The Arbella.
(c) The Lorry.
(d) The Mary.

2. When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1770.
(d) 1771.

3. Where did the magnetic compass originate?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) France.
(d) England.

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

5. Approximately when did humankind adopt the process of farming, beginning with the domestication of cereal grains?
(a) 3,000 years ago.
(b) 5,000 years ago.
(c) 12,000 years ago.
(d) 18,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around the eighth century BCE, the Greek-speaking peoples referred to non-Greek speakers as what?

2. What Italian wine grown in the region of Campania was regarded the finest wine of all by the Romans?

3. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?

4. What word refers to a Roman banquet?

5. What was Prince Henrique of Portugal also known as?

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