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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 was the elephant that killed a Nayaka called?

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

3. Who in particular faced danger during the Stone Age?

4. How do gibbons usually live?

5. What was the name of the astronaut who waited on the mother ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are orangutan families like?

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

3. Why is it a common mistake to think that Stone Age people lived in caves?

4. What do animists believe?

5. What was the man at Sunghir buried with?

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

7. How was Lascaux Cave in France discovered?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Stone Age art that is referred to in the book and analyze its possible meanings.

Essay Topic 3

What can be learned about the past from modern hunter-gatherers?

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