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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ohalo?
(a) Syria.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Israel.
(d) Turkey.

2. How old were the boys found at Sunghir?
(a) 15 and 16.
(b) 7 and 13.
(c) 3 and 8.
(d) 9 and 12.

3. What was the name of the spacecraft that landed on the moon in 1969?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Bison.
(c) Glory.
(d) Sparrow.

4. What is the word for someone who believes that animals can talk?
(a) Animist.
(b) Deist.
(c) Spiritualist.
(d) Theist.

5. According to animists, why can most people not talk to trees?
(a) The world is too noisy now.
(b) Trees have stopped talking to people.
(c) People have forgotten the language of trees.
(d) Trees only speak to good people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do gibbons usually live?

2. Roughly how long would it take someone to carve a single bead out of ivory?

3. Who might a gatherer blame if somebody got sick?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How were the families of Ohalo organized?

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

5. What was the man at Sunghir buried with?

6. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

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

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

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

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

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