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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 Stone Age people use to eat?
(a) They only used sporks.
(b) They ate with their hands.
(c) They used chopsticks.
(d) They used a knife and fork.

2. What part of the body did Stone Age people paint on cave walls?
(a) Footprints.
(b) Faces.
(c) Handprints.
(d) Ears.

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

4. What is painted in Lascaux Cave?
(a) A bird-headed man and a bison.
(b) A series of hands.
(c) A giant.
(d) A wild horse.

5. What DNA instructions do human bodies have about sweet foods?
(a) Enjoy in moderation.
(b) It is poisonous. Give it to your enemy.
(c) Do not eat it.
(d) If you find it, eat as much possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do modern hunter-gatherers mostly live?

2. What did Stone Age people likely use to paint their handprints?

3. Roughly when were the Vedas composed?

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

5. Why does unhealthy food taste good?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do animists believe?

2. What was the man at Sunghir buried with?

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

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

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

6. Why did the Nayaka refuse to help capture an elephant that had killed one of them?

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

8. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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