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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did archaeologists find at Le Rozel on the Atlantic coast of France?
(a) A cluster of huts.
(b) More than 250 footprints.
(c) A warship.
(d) A painting of a cat.

2. What did Stone Age people likely use to paint their handprints?
(a) A horsehair brush.
(b) A hollow tube.
(c) A stick.
(d) A particular kind of leaf.

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

4. How old is the painting in Lascaux Cave?
(a) 7,000 years old.
(b) 10,000 years old.
(c) 17,000 years old.
(d) 32,000 years old.

5. Where was NASA's mission control on Earth?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Columbus.
(c) Houston.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Stone Age bands tend to llive?

2. What is painted in Lascaux Cave?

3. Where do modern hunter-gatherers mostly live?

4. What did Stone Age people use to eat?

5. What did the spirits' voices whisper to the spirit doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. 20,000 years ago, what would a gatherer do in an average day?

2. Why do humans like to eat foods that are bad for them?

3. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

4. What is the Venus of Willendorf, and what can be learned from it?

5. Why is the name "Stone Age" misleading?

6. What is one theory about the Lascaux Cave painting of the human and the bison?

7. What did hunter-gatherers know about their territory?

8. What do animists believe?

9. How were the families of Ohalo organized?

10. Were people of the Stone Age mostly hunters or gatherers?

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