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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. How many kinds of fish were found in the garbage dump at Ohalo?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) None.

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

3. What weapons were used in the imagined battle between Sapiens and Neanderthals?
(a) Iron spears.
(b) Slings and stones.
(c) Bows and arrows.
(d) Wooden clubs and stone-tipped spears.

4. Who in particular faced danger during the Stone Age?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Children.
(d) Parents.

5. What famous painting was found in Lascaux Cave in France?
(a) A mysterious woman.
(b) A wild onion.
(c) A dog-headed man.
(d) A wild horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the painting in Lascaux Cave?

2. How old were the boys found at Sunghir?

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

4. What did Stone Age people use to eat?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it a common mistake to think that Stone Age people lived in caves?

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

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

5. What was "home" for Stone Age hunter-gatherers?

6. What are orangutan families like?

7. What have archaeologists learned in studying the stone remains around ancient campfires?

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

9. What method did Stone Age people likely use to paint their handprints on a cave wall?

10. Why do modern humans not know of any specific historical events during the Stone Age?

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