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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. Where do modern hunter-gatherers mostly live?

2. What DNA instructions do human bodies have about sweet foods?

3. Where did the spacecraft land on the moon?

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

5. How did Stone Age people get paint?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one theory about the Lascaux Cave painting of the human and the bison?

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

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

5. Why were gatherers mostly safe from disease?

6. How was Lascaux Cave in France discovered?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important is storytelling in the book, and how important is it to modern humans?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What corporation has the largest impact on the world around you? Describe and discuss that impact.

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