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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When stating that "modern science differs from all previous traditions of knowledge in three major ways" (250), Harari states that one quality of modern science is its acquisition of what?
(a) True knowledge.
(b) New powers.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Practical application.

3. In what year was King Richard the Lionheart struck by an arrow, leading to his death two weeks later?
(a) 1199.
(b) 1699.
(c) 1399.
(d) 1599.

4. At the time that Cortes invaded Mexico, what did its citizens call themselves?
(a) The Babylonians.
(b) The Aztecs.
(c) The Mayans.
(d) The Incans.

5. In what century did cannons emerge to become a decisive factor in battle?
(a) The ninth.
(b) The thirteenth.
(c) The fifth.
(d) The fifteenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is hubris?

2. History's first known money consisted of what material?

3. In what year was the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument published?

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

5. Since around what year have most humans lived in empires?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Harari describes the rise of Europe as a locus of power in the world, what caveat does he make?

2. How does Harari define the term "culturism" (303)?

3. What evidence does Harari use to demonstrate the profound effect that empires and their belief systems have had on history, even among those cultures that consider themselves anti-imperialist?

4. What is Harari's view of how the Cook expedition marked a turning point within European history?

5. What does Harari see as the significance of the First Millennium BC?

6. What is Harari's purpose for alluding to the launching of the Great Survey of India that occurred on "10 April 1802" (297)?

7. What evidence does Harari provide for his assertion that "the practices of empire-builders were entangled with those of scientists"? (296)

8. How does Harari support his position that history is moving toward more unified and complex cultures?

9. What is Harari's message regarding people's tendency to discriminate against outsiders?

10. How does Harari link the state of the modern economy to his view that quality of life is not guaranteed or predetermined to improve as time passes?

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