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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 18-20 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?
(a) Murabi.
(b) Anu.
(c) Enlil.
(d) Marduk.

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

3. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?
(a) America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Asia.
(d) Australia.

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

5. During what revolution did the following events occur: urbanization, the disappearance of the peasant class, and the empowerment of the common person?
(a) The Cognitive Revolution.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The Agricultural Revolution.
(d) The Scientific Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term Sapiens to refer to whom?

2. The Mesoamerican World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?

3. At the time that Cortes invaded Mexico, what did its citizens call themselves?

4. About how long ago did the Agricultural Revolution occur?

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

(see the answer key)

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