Questions 1 through 10 are based on the following passage.

The stone Age was a period of history which began i. Approximately 2 million
B.C. and lasted until 3000 B.C. Its name was derivide from the stone tools and weapons
that modern scientists found. This period was devided into the
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phaleolithic, Masolithic, and Neolithic Ages. During the first period (2 million to 8000
B.C), the first hatchet and use of fire for heating and cooking were developed. As a result
of the Ice Age, which evolved about 1 million years into tge Paleolithic Ages, people
were forced to seek shelter in caves,

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wear clothing, and develop new tools.

During the Mesolithic Age (8000 to 6000 B.C), people made crude pottery and
the first fish hooks, took dogs hunting, and developed the bow and arrow, which were
used until the fourteenth century A.D.

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The Neolithic Age (6000 to 3000 B.C.) saw humankind domesticating sheep,
goats, pigs, and cattle, being less nomadic than in previous eras, establishing permanent
settlements, and creating governments.

1. Into how many periods was the Stone Age divided?

(B) 3

(A) 2
Explain

(C) 4

(D) 5

: (B) The three periods are the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.

2. In line 3, the word "derived" is closest in meaning to

(A) originated

(C) hallucinated

(B) destroyed.

(D) discussed

Explain
: (A) The sentence indicates that the name Stone Age was Derived from or
Came from, the tools and weapons that were used.
3. Which of the following was developed earliest?
(A) Fish hook

(C) Bow and arrow

(B) Hatchet.
Explain
first period.

(D) Pottery

: (B) The hatchet was developed between 2 million B.C. and 8000 B.C.,during the

4. Which of the following developments is NOT related to the conditions of the Ice Age?

(A) Farming

(C) living indoors

(B) Clothing

(D) Using fire

Explain

: (A) Farming was never mentioned.

5. The word "crude" in line 12 is closest in meaning to

(A) extravagant

(C) vulgar

(B) complex

(D) primitive

Explain
: (D) The reading implies that the items made were not sophisticated,so the
reader can infer that the word Crude is related to the concept.
6. The author states that the Stone Age was so named because
(A) it was very durable like stone

(B) the tools and weapons were made of stone

(C) there was little vegetation
(D) the people lived in stone caves
Explain
: (B) Sentences 2 says,Its name was derived from the stone tools and weapons
that modern scientist found.
7. In line 17,"nomadic" is closest in meaning to
(A) sedentary

(C) primitive

(B) wandering

(D) inquisitive

Explain
: (B) The sentences indicates that the people began domesticating animals and
establishing permanent governments, indicating thet those actions were less nomadic than in
previous times, which should lead you to understand that nomadic means wandering.
8. With what subject is the passage mainly concerned?
(A) The Neolithic Age

(C) The Stone Age

(B) The Paleolithic ageage

(D) The Ice Age

Explain
: (C) The subject described in the introductory sentence of the passage in the
Stone Age. The Neolithic (A) and Paleolithic (B) age are discusses as subdivisions of the Stone
Age. The Ice Age (D) is mentioned in just one sentence as being as important influence on
ancient societies.
9. Which of the following best describes the Mesolithic Age?

(A) People were inventive.

(B) People stayed indoors all the time.
(C) People were warriors.
(D) People were crude.
Explain
: (A) The passage describes the numerous development, or inventions, of the
Mesolithic Age (pottery, fish hooks, hunting dogs ,and the bow and arrow) . Hunting and fishing
would not keep people indors all the time (B), and no mention was made of people being
warriors (C) or crude (D).
10. In line 17, the word erras is closest in meaning to.
(A) families

(B) periods

(C) herds

(D) tools

Explain
: (B) The sentences indicated that the age being discussed is diferent from
previous eras, so the should provide you with a hint that era means period of time.