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

2. How healthy were gatherers' diets?
(a) Not enough food.
(b) Varied and nutritious.
(c) Healthy, but without any variety.
(d) Varied, but without the necessary vitamins.

3. What did Stone Age people likely use to paint their handprints?
(a) A stick.
(b) A particular kind of leaf.
(c) A hollow tube.
(d) A horsehair brush.

4. Who was the Neanderthal who survived the imagined battled?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) A 3-year-old boy.
(c) A wounded warrior.
(d) A pregnant woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was NASA's mission control on Earth?

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

3. How old is the gravesite at Sunghir?

4. What does the Latin word "anima" mean?

5. What happened to the Ohalo huts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are orangutan families like?

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

3. What was the man at Sunghir buried with?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why were gatherers mostly safe from disease?

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