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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 is one piece of evidence showing cooperation between distant people?
(a) Friendship bracelets.
(b) Signs of athletic competition.
(c) Coins found far from where they were made.
(d) Seashells far from the sea.

2. What did the spirits' voices whisper to the spirit doctor?
(a) War.
(b) Flee.
(c) Doom.
(d) Peace.

3. How long is a modern factory worker at their job for?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 16 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

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

5. What was the name of the astronaut who waited on the mother ship?
(a) Michael Collins.
(b) Thomas Biggio.
(c) Maurice Richard.
(d) Simon Chapman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people not know about specific historical events from the Stone Age?

2. What did gatherers have expertise in?

3. Why does unhealthy food taste good?

4. How do gibbons usually live?

5. How much did a mammoth weigh?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

3. What do animists believe?

4. What did archaeologists find in the Ohalo garbage dump?

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

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

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

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

9. Why were accidents more dangerous during the Stone Age?

10. 20,000 years ago, what would a gatherer do in an average day?

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