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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 is known about the objects Stone Age people owned?

2. What is the name of the famous Stone Age statue of a woman?

3. What part of the body did Stone Age people paint on cave walls?

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

5. How many kinds of fish were found in the garbage dump at Ohalo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are orangutan families like?

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

3. Why were gatherers mostly safe from disease?

4. What was the man at Sunghir buried with?

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

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

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

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

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

Using examples from the book, how could modern humans live healthier lives?

Essay Topic 3

What is the main lesson the book's author wants to teach its readers?

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