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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. How long ago did the Big Bang take place?
(a) 6.5 billion years ago.
(b) 80 million years ago.
(c) 13.5 billion years ago.
(d) 45 trillion years ago.

2. Before the transition to agriculture, earth was home to about how many nomadic foragers?
(a) Between 9 and 10 million.
(b) Between 6 and 12 million.
(c) Between 1 and 3 million.
(d) Between 5 and 8 million.

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

4. What is NOT one of the negative effects Harari describes when stating the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
(a) It resulted in a loss of variety and stimulation in the lives of Homo sapiens.
(b) It robbed Homo sapiens of their leisure time.
(c) It caused great harm to the environment.
(d) It put Homo sapiens at greater risk of starvation and disease.

5. Horses had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 2,000 BC.
(b) 3,000 BC.
(c) 1,000 BC.
(d) 4,000 BC.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?

3. By the first century AD, how many million foragers remained on earth?

4. What is NOT provided as an example of a full script?

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

(see the answer key)

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