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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many astronauts were on board the spacecraft that landed on the moon?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. Where do modern hunter-gatherers mostly live?
(a) European forests.
(b) Antarctica.
(c) Caves.
(d) Jungles and deserts.

3. What would an animist do if they thought they had angered a tree?
(a) They would ask the tree for forgiveness.
(b) They would run away from the tree.
(c) They would cut down the tree.
(d) They would threaten the tree with fire.

4. What is the word for someone who believes that animals can talk?
(a) Theist.
(b) Deist.
(c) Animist.
(d) Spiritualist.

5. When was Lascaux Cave discovered?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1708.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1857.

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

7. What country is Sunghir in?
(a) Iran.
(b) Uzbekistan.
(c) India.
(d) Russia.

8. Who might a gatherer blame if somebody got sick?
(a) A ghost.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Their enemy.
(d) A neighbor.

9. Why do people not know about specific historical events from the Stone Age?
(a) Nothing happened.
(b) People have forgotten the stories.
(c) Nobody wrote them down.
(d) Those in power destroyed the documents.

10. Why would Stone Age people not often hunt something like a mammoth or bison?
(a) They did not need that much food.
(b) It was difficult, dangerous, and required many people to work together.
(c) For religious reasons.
(d) They did not like the taste of meat.

11. What would gatherers do if disease destroyed the local rabbit population?
(a) Wait for the rabbits to return.
(b) Face starvation.
(c) Look for a different food source like berries or fish.
(d) Research a cure for the disease.

12. According to animists, why can most people not talk to trees?
(a) Trees only speak to good people.
(b) Trees have stopped talking to people.
(c) The world is too noisy now.
(d) People have forgotten the language of trees.

13. How did Stone Age people get paint?
(a) They crushed colorful stones and mixed them with water.
(b) They mashed up a certain kind of beetle.
(c) They traded for it with Neanderthals.
(d) They soaked flowers in water.

14. What was a standard Stone Age family unit?
(a) It is unknown.
(b) Grandparents, parents, and children.
(c) A woman and her children.
(d) Whoever wanted to stay in the hut.

15. Roughly how long would it take someone to carve a single bead out of ivory?
(a) A month.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people mostly use to make things during the Stone Age?

2. Why does unhealthy food taste good?

3. How old is the painting in Lascaux Cave?

4. Where did the spacecraft land on the moon?

5. What part of the body did Stone Age people paint on cave walls?

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