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

2. What is known about the objects Stone Age people owned?
(a) They did not own many things.
(b) They were obsessive collectors.
(c) They owned much more stuff than people today.
(d) They were constantly finding seashells that they liked.

3. Roughly how long would it take someone to carve a single bead out of ivory?
(a) 2 days.
(b) A month.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

4. Why do people not know about specific historical events from the Stone Age?
(a) People have forgotten the stories.
(b) Nothing happened.
(c) Those in power destroyed the documents.
(d) Nobody wrote them down.

5. Roughly when were the Vedas composed?
(a) 2,500 years ago.
(b) 3,000 years ago.
(c) 1,500 years ago.
(d) 2,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the spirits' voices whisper to the spirit doctor?

2. Who explored Altamira Cave?

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

4. Who would usually have been the most powerful leader of a band?

5. What did a Stone Age gatherer do if they found ripe fruit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Lascaux Cave in France discovered?

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

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

4. How were the families of Ohalo organized?

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

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

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

8. What do animists believe?

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

10. What are orangutan families like?

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