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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?
(a) Africa.
(b) South America.
(c) Australia.
(d) The Middle East.

2. The sum total of money throughout the world, according to Harari, is what?
(a) 90 billion dollars.
(b) 22 trillion dollars.
(c) 523 trillion dollars.
(d) 60 trillion dollars.

3. By 1450 AD, what percentage of earth's inhabitants lived within a "single mega-world" (167)?
(a) 30 percent.
(b) 75 percent.
(c) 60 percent.
(d) 90 percent.

4. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?
(a) Phylum.
(b) Breed.
(c) Genus.
(d) Family.

5. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?
(a) 2,000 years.
(b) 10,000 years.
(c) Tens of thousands of years.
(d) Hundreds of thousands of years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a band of 50 individuals, Harari states that there are how many one-on-one relationships?

2. What sport does Harari use to demonstrate his point about a shared set of rules?

3. The Aztec Empire ruled how many different tribes and peoples?

4. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?

5. In what millenium does Harari assert that people began to believe that a single order could rule all of humanity?

(see the answer key)

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