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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 country is Sunghir in?

2. How long was a good gatherer's workday?

3. What is known about the objects Stone Age people owned?

4. When the author imagines peace instead of a battle, what gifts were exchanged?

5. How long would it take a Stone Age person to walk from one end of their "home" to the other?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why were gatherers mostly safe from disease?

4. Why were accidents more dangerous during the Stone Age?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 20,000 years ago, what would a gatherer do in an average day?

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

Choose something that you eat regularly. What journey does it take to get to you? Who do you rely upon for this food?

Essay Topic 3

In the book, there is discussion of the "stories" of soccer, corporations, and French kings. What is an important modern story that is not mentioned? How does it affect life today?

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