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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. 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) 75.
(b) 60.
(c) 90.
(d) 30.

2. The total value of goods and services produced by humans in the year 1500 was how much in 2015 money?
(a) 2 trillion dollars.
(b) 250 billion dollars.
(c) 20 billion dollars.
(d) 100 billion dollars.

3. What sport does Harari use to demonstrate his point about a shared set of rules?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Croquet.
(d) Soccer.

4. By 1450 AD, what percentage of earth's inhabitants lived within a "single mega-world" (167)?
(a) 30 percent.
(b) 75 percent.
(c) 60 percent.
(d) 90 percent.

5. The Athenian Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?
(a) Greece.
(b) Chile.
(c) Italy.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the transition to agriculture, earth was home to about how many nomadic foragers?

2. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?

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

4. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?

5. Who invaded and brought an end to the Song Empire?

(see the answer key)

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