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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said "I conceive that land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living and countless members are still unborn"?
(a) A Somalian chief.
(b) A Nigerian chief.
(c) A New Guinean chief.
(d) An Ivory Coast chief.

2. When did Emperor Wu rule?
(a) 141 to 87 B.C.
(b) 141 to 77 B.C.
(c) 131 to 87 B.C.
(d) 161 to 67 B.C.

3. Who succeeded Mohammad?
(a) Umar
(b) Uthman
(c) Kahim.
(d) Abu Bakr

4. What was Steven Pinker's occupation?
(a) Evolutionary psychologist.
(b) Evolutionary economist.
(c) Evolutionary historian.
(d) Evolutionary anthropologist.

5. When did Clovis rule?
(a) 8th century.
(b) 11th century.
(c) 7th century.
(d) 6th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many families were relocated by the Qin Dynasty?

2. What was a motive for making war in tribal societies?

3. What justified an armed rebellion against the Emperor in China?

4. When did the predynastic Yangshao period run according to Chapter 6?

5. Who was the first civilization to invent the modern state?

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