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

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

3. What was a standard Stone Age family unit?

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

5. How long is a modern factory worker at their job for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was "home" for Stone Age hunter-gatherers?

3. How were the families of Ohalo organized?

4. 20,000 years ago, what would a gatherer do in an average day?

5. Why were gatherers mostly safe from disease?

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

7. What do animists believe?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What can readers learn from the book about religion and its importance?

Essay Topic 2

How do people learn about life in the past?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast people in the Stone Age with people today.

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