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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. How did Stone Age people get paint?

2. What would an animist do if they thought they had angered a tree?

3. What did people mostly use to make things during the Stone Age?

4. When was Lascaux Cave discovered?

5. According to animists, why can most people not talk to trees?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 20,000 years ago, what would a gatherer do in an average day?

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

5. What was the man at Sunghir buried with?

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

7. What are orangutan families like?

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

9. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the pros and cons of life in the Stone Age?

Essay Topic 2

What is the message of the story of Kenneth Gormly? What does the author want to tell you with this story?

Essay Topic 3

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

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