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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?
(a) Over one million.
(b) Over three million.
(c) Over six million.
(d) Over three million.

3. What is the only creature on Earth who "can speak about things that don't really exist" (24)?
(a) Homo sapiens.
(b) Humans.
(c) Chimpanzees.
(d) Neanderthals.

4. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?
(a) 12 million years.
(b) 10 million years.
(c) 2 million years.
(d) 50,000 years.

5. On what date did humans land on the moon?
(a) August 12, 1969.
(b) July 20, 1969.
(c) June 8, 1969.
(d) February 19, 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Aztec Empire ruled how many different tribes and peoples?

2. Harari's purpose for including an image of the Declaration of Independence of the United States is to define the United States using what term?

3. What objects were used as money "for about 4,000 years all over Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Oceania" (177)?

4. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?

5. Harari asserts that observation is not what?

(see the answer key)

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