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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. Who discovered Lascaux Cave?

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

3. What was a standard Stone Age family unit?

4. What was the name of the spacecraft that landed on the moon in 1969?

5. Why does unhealthy food taste good?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are orangutan families like?

6. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

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

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

9. Why were gatherers mostly safe from disease?

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 be learned about the past from modern hunter-gatherers?

Essay Topic 2

How do people learn about life in the past?

Essay Topic 3

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

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