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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Gods.
(c) Commoners.
(d) Superior people.

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

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

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

5. What dynasty united China in 221 BC?
(a) The Shang dynasty.
(b) The Ming dynasty.
(c) The Qin dynasty.
(d) The Sui dynasty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?

3. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?

4. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?

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

(see the answer key)

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