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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. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Spain.
(c) Egypt.
(d) France.

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

3. 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) 1000 BCE.
(c) 2000 BCE.
(d) 3000 BCE.

4. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?
(a) Classical comedies.
(b) Classical orchestral concerts.
(c) Classical dramas.
(d) Formal drinking parties.

5. When did the Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1779.
(d) 1765.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did writing first begin to emerge in Sumer?

2. Who was Alexander the Great's father?

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

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

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

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