Question

1. people who collect food from naturally occurring resources, things like plants, animals, and sea life are referred to as

a. intensive agriculturalists c. guerrillas e. pastoralists
b. horticulturalists d. hunter - gatherers

1. paleolithic archaeology is the study of human culture from the beginning of humankinds existence until about the year 10,000 b.c., so most of what science asserts about the paleolithic age is based on

a. remains of group settlements c. theory e. artifacts
b. records such as logs d. human bones
0 - l: understanding the evolution of human tools

1. what are defined as small hand - held tools created by shaving off small pieces of rock, usually flint?

a. polished axes c. folsom points e. flake tools
b. clovis points d. pebble tools

1. in making flake tools, prehistoric humans favored

a. shale b. quartz c. limestone d. flint e. sandstone

1. the stone ages are characterized and categorized by what?

a. the shape of human heads d. the complexity of tools
b. the use of hunting and gathering e. the use of fire
c. the use of agriculture

1. what is the presumed historical significance of the folsom point?

a. it proves prehistoric tools were not made of stone d. it signifies the use of fire
b. it has no historical significance e. it signifies the onset of agriculture
c. it points to the idea that humans existed in north america earlier than was previously thought
meadowcroft rockshelter

1. some archaeologists date the human use of the meadowcroft rockshelter to approximately 13,000 years ago, which would place such use in the

a. paleolithic age (old stone age) c. neolithic age (new stone age)
b. mesolithic age (middle stone age) d. advanced stone age

1. all of the following have been found at meadowcroft rockshelter except

a. baskets/nets c. fossilized human bones e. firepits
b. pebble tools d. polished axes

Explanation:

1. Hunter - gatherers are people who collect food from naturally occurring resources like plants, animals, and sea life.
2. Paleolithic archaeology, which studies human culture from the beginning of humankind's existence until about 10,000 B.C., is mainly based on artifacts.
3. Flake tools are defined as small hand - held tools created by shaving off small pieces of rock, usually flint.
4. In making flake tools, prehistoric humans favored flint.
5. The Stone Ages are characterized and categorized by the complexity of tools.
6. The Folsom point is significant as it points to the idea that humans existed in North America earlier than was previously thought.
7. If some archaeologists date the human use of the Meadowcroft Rockshelter to approximately 13,000 years ago, this would place it in the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age).
8. Pebble tools have not been found at Meadowcroft Rockshelter.

Answer:

1. D. Hunter - gatherers
2. E. artifacts
3. E. Flake tools
4. D. flint
5. D. The complexity of tools
6. C. It points to the idea that humans existed in North America earlier than was previously thought
7. A. Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)
8. B. pebble tools