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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the first century AD, how many million foragers remained on earth?
(a) Between 250,000 and 750,000.
(b) Between 1 and 2 million.
(c) Between 5 and 6 million.
(d) Between 6 and 8 million.

2. Harari asserts that observation is not what?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Incontrovertible proof.
(c) Certainty.
(d) Religion.

3. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?
(a) Ancient Aztecs.
(b) Ancient Incas.
(c) Ancient Babylonians.
(d) Ancient Mayans.

4. The Andean World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?
(a) Australia and eastern Asia.
(b) Most of Central America and parts of North America.
(c) Most of western South America.
(d) Only the continent of Australia.

5. Who invaded and brought an end to the Song Empire?
(a) The Incas.
(b) The Aztecs.
(c) The Ottomans.
(d) The Mongols.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Code of Hammurabi stated that if one man were to break another man's bone, his punishment would be what?

2. Harari states that the leading project of what revolution is to give humankind eternal life?

3. Harari states that "the most remarkable and defining moment of the past 500 years" (249) was what event?

4. By 1450 AD, what percentage of earth's inhabitants lived within a "single mega-world" (167)?

5. In what year was the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument published?

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