An Area with Desert Conditions in the United States Is

question 26

Multiple Choice

An area with desert conditions in the United States is ____.

• A) the Sahara
• B) the southern Appalachians
• C) the Colorado Plateau
• D) the Pacific Northwest coast
• E) Minnesota

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Definitions:

Upper Paleolithic

The last phase of the Paleolithic age, featuring the most advanced stone tool technology and early art forms.

Acheulean Tool Tradition

A prehistoric technology associated with early humans, characterized by bifacially flaked hand axes and other tools.

Oldowan

Refers to the archaeological evidence pertaining to the use of very simple chipped stone tools by early human ancestors in the Lower Paleolithic period.

Modern Human Origins

The study of the evolutionary processes and ancestral lines that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species.