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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 archaeologists find at Le Rozel on the Atlantic coast of France?
(a) A cluster of huts.
(b) More than 250 footprints.
(c) A warship.
(d) A painting of a cat.

2. What was the elephant that killed a Nayaka called?
(a) The elephant who always walks alone.
(b) The elephant who hunts in the dark.
(c) The elephant who lives by the river.
(d) The elephant who bellows loudly.

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

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

5. What did archaeologists not find at Ohalo?
(a) Stone tools.
(b) Bones.
(c) A set of arrows.
(d) Leftover food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who in particular faced danger during the Stone Age?

3. What was the name of the astronaut who waited on the mother ship?

4. What weapons were used in the imagined battle between Sapiens and Neanderthals?

5. What have archaeologists found around the remains of ancient campfires?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do animists believe?

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

3. What are orangutan families like?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why were gatherers mostly safe from disease?

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

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