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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. Which "world" (168) "swallowed up all of the other worlds" (168) within a span of 300 years?
(a) The Mesoamerican world.
(b) The Andean world.
(c) The Aztec world.
(d) The Afro-Asian world.

2. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Foragers.
(c) Animals.
(d) A peaceful species.

3. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?
(a) 4000 years ago.
(b) 400,000 years ago.
(c) 4 million years ago.
(d) 40,000 years ago.

4. Since around what year have most humans lived in empires?
(a) 700 BC.
(b) 3500 BC.
(c) 200 BC.
(d) 1200 BC.

5. In what year did Hernan Cortes and his conquistadors invade Mexico?
(a) 1592.
(b) 1498.
(c) 1519.
(d) 1501.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Aztec Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?

3. The Australian World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?

4. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?

5. How much money that exists in the world "exists only on computer servers" (178)?

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