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

2. Harari's purpose for including an image of the Declaration of Independence of the United States is to define the United States using what term?
(a) A nation.
(b) A cooperation network.
(c) A republic.
(d) A community of communicators.

3. In what part of the world did the ancient Sumerians live?
(a) Eastern Greece.
(b) Northern Rome.
(c) Southern Mesopotamia.
(d) Northern Mesopotamia.

4. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 23.
(d) 8.

5. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?
(a) The saber-toothed tiger.
(b) The super kangaroo.
(c) The woolly mammoth.
(d) The diprotodon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?

2. Most scholars of culture have concluded that every culture's "typical beliefs, norms, and values" (163) are what?

3. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?

4. What does Harari NOT list as a factor that prevents "people from realising that the order organising our lives exists only in their imagination" (112)?

5. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?

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