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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. Part Three of Sapiens is entitled "The" what "of Humankind" (162)?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Crown Jewel.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Unification.

2. More than what percentage of the calories that feed humanity come from plants domesticated by our ancestors between 9,500 and 3,500 BC?
(a) 90.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 75.

3. The Oceanic World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?
(a) Most of western South America.
(b) Most of Central America and parts of North America.
(c) Most of the islands of the south-western Pacific Ocean.
(d) The continent of Australia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?

2. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?

3. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?

4. In what year did Hernan Cortes and his conquistadors invade Mexico?

5. During the last million years, there has been an Ice Age how frequently, on average?

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