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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. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?
(a) North America and South America.
(b) Europe and West Africa.
(c) Europe and West Asia.
(d) Asia and Eastern Europe.

2. Harari asserts that "an empire is defined solely by its" (190) what?
(a) Cultural diversity and flexible borders.
(b) Its territorial extent.
(c) The size of its population.
(d) Its form of government.

3. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?
(a) Over one million.
(b) Over six million.
(c) Over three million.
(d) Over three million.

4. What is the only creature on Earth who "can speak about things that don't really exist" (24)?
(a) Neanderthals.
(b) Homo sapiens.
(c) Humans.
(d) Chimpanzees.

5. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term Sapiens to refer to whom?
(a) All extant members of the genus Homo.
(b) Creatures with opposable thumbs.
(c) Members of the species Homo sapiens.
(d) The ancestors of chimpanzees.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?

3. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?

4. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?

5. In what part of the world did the ancient Sumerians live?

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