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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (35 - 74).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 100,000 years ago, how many Sapiens lived in Africa?
(a) 150,000.
(b) Fewer than 100,000.
(c) More than 250,000.
(d) 125,000.

2. What did archaeologists find in Denisova Cave?
(a) An ancient finger bone.
(b) A painting of a buffalo.
(c) A collection of ivory beads.
(d) A burial site.

3. What story allows humans to cooperate on large projects and trade with strangers?
(a) The story of money.
(b) The story of banks.
(c) The story of countries.
(d) The story of roads.

4. What development allowed human brains to grow?
(a) Cooking their food.
(b) Discovering the wheel.
(c) Learning to fish.
(d) Studying math.

5. How would ancient humans have first gotten meat to eat?
(a) They set fire to bushes and ate any animals killed by the fire.
(b) They hunted from the backs of horses.
(c) They built complicated traps that their prey fell into.
(d) They waited until the lions and hyenas were done and ate the scraps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does the author not give when talking about how adults are persuaded by stories?

2. What does Tina say when her dad asks who got mud on the floor?

3. In what year did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon?

4. What were animals most afraid of?

5. What country's kings does the author talk about?

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