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6. What is 'animism'?

  • The belief that animals have spirits
  • The belief that spirits live in inanimate things
  • The belief that everything has a soul

7. Which of the following is not true?

  • Prehistoric peoples had practitioners who we would recognise as 'doctors'.
  • Prehistoric peoples did not have medicine as we know it.
  • Prehistoric medicine is the base point from which we measure the progress of medicine.

8. What evidence can prove that prehistoric surgeons were able to perform trephining operations successfully?

  • The skull re-grew.
  • The patient lived.
  • Some patients have TWO holes in their skull.

9. On the balance of the evidence, which of the following statements seems to be most true?

  • Prehistoric medicine was not medical, it was magic.
  • Prehistoric medicine was not scientific, but it was successful.
  • Prehistoric medicine did not heal, it harmed.

10. Which of these statements is incorrect?

  • Prehistoric peoples had a concept of a 'healthy' lifestyle
  • Modern Aborigines had some practices that seem 'healthy'
  • Prehistoric people’s ideas about 'healthy lifestyle' are unknown

11. Which of the following statements is most true?

  • Prehistoric peoples did not have doctors.
  • Prehistoric peoples seem to have had people who acted as doctors.
  • Prehistoric peoples seem to have had doctors.

12. What is 'public health'?

  • Health facilities run by the government
  • Health facilities run for paying customers
  • Health facilities run by the public

13. What - according to the dictionary - is a doctor?

  • A state employee based in a hospital or surgery
  • A public practitioner whose ability to heal is recognised by the general community
  • A qualified practitioner of medicine or surgery

14. Why did prehistoric people not develop public health systems?

  • They were nominal
  • They were nomadic
  • They were nomistic

15. Archaeological evidence of trephining in prehistoric times...

  • Suggests that prehistoric surgeons tried to remove evil spirits
  • Shows that prehistoric surgeons tried to cure epilepsy
  • Proves that prehistoric people performed brain surgery

16. Which of the following would have been available to prehistoric surgeons?

  • Blood transfusions
  • Good intentions
  • X-rays

17. Prehistoric burials...

  • Suggest that people of that time knew about bone structure
  • Show that the people of the time knew about bone structure
  • Prove that the people of the time knew about bone structure

18. Native American shamans of the 19th century knew of...

  • more than 100 medicinal plants and substances.
  • More than 200 medicinal plants and substances
  • More than 300 medicinal plants and substances

19. Which of the following were not used by Aborigine shamans in recent times to cure disease?

  • Dancing and ceremonies
  • Magic paintings and antibiotics
  • Bones and beads

20. What was a 'shaman'?

  • a kind of prehistoric priest
  • a primative doctor
  • a tribal leader