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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story allows humans to cooperate on large projects and trade with strangers?

2. Why might human ancestors have cracked open a bone?

3. What do historians call the time when the French people stopped believing in kings?

4. What story does the author use as an example?

5. As human brains grew, what shrunk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What groups do ants organize themselves into?

2. What is one theory of how Sapiens learned to tell stories?

3. How did humans reach Flores Island?

4. What is the story of the very special oil?

5. How did Neanderthals compare to Sapiens?

6. How was the story of McDonald's first told?

7. What stories were told by the people of Flores Island?

8. What gave Sapiens the power to overcome their competitors and deal with much stronger animals?

9. How does the author think Sapiens might be different if the other types of humans had survived?

10. Why would ancient humans not be the first to eat meat from a slain giraffe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What would life have been like in a Stone Age camp? How would it be organized? Where would people live, and what would they do in a regular day?

Essay Topic 2

Choose something that you eat regularly. What journey does it take to get to you? Who do you rely upon for this food?

Essay Topic 3

This book is Volume 1 and is subtitled "How Humans Took over the World." If it was your decision, what would Volume 2 be called and what would it be about?

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