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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. Where do the Nayaka people live?
(a) Sri Lanka.
(b) Bangladesh.
(c) India.
(d) Nepal.

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

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

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

5. Why does unhealthy food taste good?
(a) Human tastes have changed to like burgers.
(b) It is low in fat.
(c) It is high in vitamins.
(d) Humans' bodies think they are living in the Stone Age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was a good gatherer's workday?

2. How many astronauts were on board the spacecraft that landed on the moon?

3. Where did Stone Age bands tend to llive?

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

5. Roughly how long would it take someone to carve a single bead out of ivory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Lascaux Cave in France discovered?

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

5. Why were gatherers mostly safe from disease?

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

7. Why have no Stone Age paintings of people or families been found?

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

9. What are orangutan families like?

10. How did gatherers' diets compare to those of modern factory workers?

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