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

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

3. What happened to the Ohalo huts?
(a) They were swept away in a flood.
(b) They were destroyed with stone tools.
(c) Lava destroyed them.
(d) They burned down.

4. What have archaeologists found around the remains of ancient campfires?
(a) Rotted paper.
(b) Stone chippings.
(c) Signs of domesticated animals.
(d) Pieces of chairs.

5. Who discovered Lascaux Cave?
(a) An archaeologist and her son.
(b) A Moroccan explorer.
(c) Four French teenagers.
(d) A visiting doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do gibbons usually live?

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

3. What did people in a band likely do together?

4. When was Lascaux Cave discovered?

5. What famous painting was found in Lascaux Cave in France?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Lascaux Cave in France discovered?

4. How were the families of Ohalo organized?

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

6. What are orangutan families like?

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

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

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

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

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