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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For whom was the third Giza pyramid built?
(a) King Menkaure.
(b) King Ramesses II.
(c) King Tutankhamun.
(d) King Mentuhotep I.
2. The name Mesopotamia was given to the area between the Tigris River and what river?
(a) The Euphates River.
(b) The Ganges River.
(c) The Amazon River.
(d) The Nile River.
3. The earliest written documents consist of what from the Ancient Sumerians?
(a) Epic hunting stories.
(b) Wage lists and tax receipts.
(c) Poems and short stoies.
(d) Plays and novels.
4. What enzymes convert starch within grain into maltose sugar, or malt?
(a) Lipase enzymes.
(b) Diastase enzymes.
(c) Salivary amylase enzymes.
(d) Ribonuclease enzymes.
5. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?
(a) 50,000 years ago.
(b) 200,000 years ago.
(c) 500,000 years ago.
(d) 150,000 years ago.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author states in Part 1: "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" that during the construction of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the standard ration for a laborer was three or four loaves of bread and about how many jugs containing around four liters of beer?
2. Who is the sun god in Egyptian mythology?
3. Who is the god of agriculture and the king of the afterlife in Ancient Egyptian mythology?
4. Approximately when were the Egyptian pyramids constructed?
5. Approximately how long ago did humans begin migrating out of Africa?
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