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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. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?
(a) Murabi.
(b) Marduk.
(c) Anu.
(d) Enlil.

2. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
(a) Homo sapiens invented language.
(b) Homo sapiens can survive on other planets.
(c) Homo sapiens evolved from apes.
(d) Homo sapiens belong to a family.

3. In what year was the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument published?
(a) 1512.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1438.

4. History's first known money consisted of what material?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silk.
(c) Barley.
(d) Copper.

5. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?
(a) 150,000 years ago.
(b) 50,000 years ago.
(c) 2 million years ago.
(d) 12 million years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy?

2. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?

3. Harari asserts that the last 500 years have demonstrated an "unprecedented growth in human" (248) what?

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

5. What is the meaning of the term quipu?

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