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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 was NASA's mission control on Earth?

2. Roughly how long would it take someone to carve a single bead out of ivory?

3. Where did Stone Age people mostly live?

4. How do gibbons usually live?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

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

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

5. How were the families of Ohalo organized?

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

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

8. How was Lascaux Cave in France discovered?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What topic is not included in the book that you think is surprising? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What were the pros and cons of life in the Stone Age?

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