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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (143-181).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the biggest animal in Australia called?
(a) Diprotodon.
(b) Stegadon.
(c) Kangaroo.
(d) Erik.

2. Which type of human was most well adapted to the cold?
(a) Denisovans.
(b) Neanderthals.
(c) Floresians.
(d) Sapiens.

3. How much did a mammoth weigh?
(a) Roughly the same as a cruise ship.
(b) About as much as a school bus.
(c) The same as a horse.
(d) Around as much as a large car.

4. What made Sapiens more powerful than Neanderthals or elephants?
(a) Having opposable thumbs.
(b) The ability to make tools.
(c) Inventing stories and cooperating.
(d) Making clever plans.

5. What did archaeologists not find at Ohalo?
(a) Bones.
(b) A set of arrows.
(c) Leftover food.
(d) Stone tools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is a "memory from millions of years ago" (4)?

2. What would gatherers do if disease destroyed the local rabbit population?

3. When did elephant birds and giant lemurs disappear from Madagascar?

4. What is one piece of evidence showing cooperation between distant people?

5. How did Sapiens reach America?

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