Question 1

The anthropological term "place-based people" refers to a group who depends directly on its immediate environmenfor both physical and spiritual sustenance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Despite residence in a sparse deserenvironment, the !Kung did noeaa majority othe edible plants and animals found in their territory when observed in 1963.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

According to Crate, her research with the Sakha clarified her beliethaglobal climate change was affecting noonly the villagers' physical environment, bualso their adaptations to thaenvironment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Cultural ecology is the mosimportanform osubsistence strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to Lee, the mosimportanstaple in the dieothe !Kung when studied in 1963 was

Accepted Answer

A) taro root. 
B) the mongongo nut. 
C) giraffe meat. 
D) a kind of bitter berry. 
A) taro root. 
B) the mongongo nut. 
C) giraffe meat. 
D) a kind of bitter berry.

Question 6

For the mospart, cuartoneros illegally harvesmahogany because

Accepted Answer

A) the work is easy and brings great monetary reward for little effort. 
B) the mahogany trees are easy to find in the remote areas of the Chimanes forest. 
C) there are few other opportunities for the indigenous people to earn money or work off debt. 
D) legal logging companies are not interested in logging mahogany and so offer no competition. 
A) the work is easy and brings great monetary reward for little effort. 
B) the mahogany trees are easy to find in the remote areas of the Chimanes forest. 
C) there are few other opportunities for the indigenous people to earn money or work off debt. 
D) legal logging companies are not interested in logging mahogany and so offer no competition.

Question 7

Numerous logging roads used to legally harvestropical hardwoods cuup the Chimanes Reserve, an area approximately the same size as the state oRhode Island.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Because their environmenwas so difficult, the !Kung relied heavily on the labor ochildren and old people to provide edible plants for general consumption in 1963.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Guaraní, according to Reed, have exploited the forescommercially as well as for subsistence for nearly 500 years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to Lee and Biesele, by 1994 Ju/'Hoansi !Kung were

Accepted Answer

A) living in mud-walled houses behind makeshift stockades. 
B) living in circular, tight-knit villages. 
C) obtaining about 70 percent of their food through hunting and gathering. 
D) living in temporary, ever shifting camps. 
A) living in mud-walled houses behind makeshift stockades. 
B) living in circular, tight-knit villages. 
C) obtaining about 70 percent of their food through hunting and gathering. 
D) living in temporary, ever shifting camps.

Question 11

The increasing water on the land was psychologically upsetting to the Sakha and made them fear thatheir land was sinking.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Chimanes Indians oBolivia

Accepted Answer

A) are self-sufficient in many ways but still need money for goods they cannot produce themselves. 
B) are nomadic and move about the forest to hunt and gather food. 
C) use an intricate system of logging roads and machinery to harvest tropical hardwood trees from the forest. 
D) are beginning to integrate more with their neighboring communities. 
A) are self-sufficient in many ways but still need money for goods they cannot produce themselves. 
B) are nomadic and move about the forest to hunt and gather food. 
C) use an intricate system of logging roads and machinery to harvest tropical hardwood trees from the forest. 
D) are beginning to integrate more with their neighboring communities.

Question 13

Ia society uses irrigation, its food-getting (subsistence) system would besbe classified as

Accepted Answer

A) agriculture. 
B) horticulture. 
C) pastoral. 
D) hydraulic. 
A) agriculture. 
B) horticulture. 
C) pastoral. 
D) hydraulic.

Question 14

According to Crate, which othe following is a change to which the Sakha were forced to adapathe turn othe 21scentury?

Accepted Answer

A) a subtle and gradual, increasing change in the cycles and patterns of weather and climate 
B) Soviet-era industrialization in the form of diamond mining 
C) annexation of land by colonizers 
D) land changes resulting from the fall of the Soviet Union 
A) a subtle and gradual, increasing change in the cycles and patterns of weather and climate 
B) Soviet-era industrialization in the form of diamond mining 
C) annexation of land by colonizers 
D) land changes resulting from the fall of the Soviet Union

Question 15

According to Reed's "ForesDevelopmenthe Indian Way," until the recenincursion ocolonos (colonists, such as ranchers and farmers), Guaraní villagers

Accepted Answer

A) had no contact with people in other parts of South America. 
B) traded with outsiders for machetes, hooks, soap, and salt. 
C) developed an indigenous market system that tied villages together. 
D) worked for decades as rubber tappers to augment their subsistence economy. 
A) had no contact with people in other parts of South America. 
B) traded with outsiders for machetes, hooks, soap, and salt. 
C) developed an indigenous market system that tied villages together. 
D) worked for decades as rubber tappers to augment their subsistence economy.

Question 16

By sustainable development, Reed means thacommercial lumber companies and ranchers should replanthe tropical foresafter they have cuidown and permiexploited areas to regenerate for approximately 40 years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

According to Lee, in 1963 the !Kung had more leisure time than average Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Reed argues thapeople musbe prevented from living in the Amazon foresithe tropical ecosystem is to survive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Richard Lee claims thathe consumption oedible plants, rather than meat, was the key to successful subsistence for the !Kung in 1963.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to Reed in "ForesDevelopmenthe Indian Way," Guaraní Indians subsisin the Amazon tropical foreslargely by

Accepted Answer

A) slash-and-burn farming. 
B) horticulture and foraging. 
C) foraging. 
D) rubber tree tapping. 
A) slash-and-burn farming. 
B) horticulture and foraging. 
C) foraging. 
D) rubber tree tapping.

The anthropological term "place-based people" refers to a group who depends directly on its immediate environmenfor both physical and spiritual sustenance.

Despite residence in a sparse deserenvironment, the !Kung did noeaa majority othe edible plants and animals found in their territory when observed in 1963.

According to Crate, her research with the Sakha clarified her beliethaglobal climate change was affecting noonly the villagers' physical environment, bualso their adaptations to thaenvironment.

Cultural ecology is the mosimportanform osubsistence strategy.

According to Lee, the mosimportanstaple in the dieothe !Kung when studied in 1963 was

For the mospart, cuartoneros illegally harvesmahogany because

Numerous logging roads used to legally harvestropical hardwoods cuup the Chimanes Reserve, an area approximately the same size as the state oRhode Island.

Because their environmenwas so difficult, the !Kung relied heavily on the labor ochildren and old people to provide edible plants for general consumption in 1963.

The Guaraní, according to Reed, have exploited the forescommercially as well as for subsistence for nearly 500 years.

According to Lee and Biesele, by 1994 Ju/'Hoansi !Kung were

The increasing water on the land was psychologically upsetting to the Sakha and made them fear thatheir land was sinking.

The Chimanes Indians oBolivia

Ia society uses irrigation, its food-getting (subsistence) system would besbe classified as

According to Crate, which othe following is a change to which the Sakha were forced to adapathe turn othe 21scentury?

According to Reed's "ForesDevelopmenthe Indian Way," until the recenincursion ocolonos (colonists, such as ranchers and farmers), Guaraní villagers

By sustainable development, Reed means thacommercial lumber companies and ranchers should replanthe tropical foresafter they have cuidown and permiexploited areas to regenerate for approximately 40 years.

According to Lee, in 1963 the !Kung had more leisure time than average Americans.

Reed argues thapeople musbe prevented from living in the Amazon foresithe tropical ecosystem is to survive.

Richard Lee claims thathe consumption oedible plants, rather than meat, was the key to successful subsistence for the !Kung in 1963.

According to Reed in "ForesDevelopmenthe Indian Way," Guaraní Indians subsisin the Amazon tropical foreslargely by

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Exam 3: Ecology and Subsistence

The anthropological term "place-based people" refers to a group who depends directly on its immediate environmenfor both physical and spiritual sustenance.

Despite residence in a sparse deserenvironment, the !Kung did noeaa majority othe edible plants and animals found in their territory when observed in 1963.

According to Crate, her research with the Sakha clarified her beliethaglobal climate change was affecting noonly the villagers' physical environment, bualso their adaptations to thaenvironment.

Cultural ecology is the mosimportanform osubsistence strategy.

According to Lee, the mosimportanstaple in the dieothe !Kung when studied in 1963 was

For the mospart, cuartoneros illegally harvesmahogany because

Numerous logging roads used to legally harvestropical hardwoods cuup the Chimanes Reserve, an area approximately the same size as the state oRhode Island.

Because their environmenwas so difficult, the !Kung relied heavily on the labor ochildren and old people to provide edible plants for general consumption in 1963.

The Guaraní, according to Reed, have exploited the forescommercially as well as for subsistence for nearly 500 years.

According to Lee and Biesele, by 1994 Ju/'Hoansi !Kung were

The increasing water on the land was psychologically upsetting to the Sakha and made them fear thatheir land was sinking.

The Chimanes Indians oBolivia

Ia society uses irrigation, its food-getting (subsistence) system would besbe classified as

According to Crate, which othe following is a change to which the Sakha were forced to adapathe turn othe 21scentury?

According to Reed's "ForesDevelopmenthe Indian Way," until the recenincursion ocolonos (colonists, such as ranchers and farmers), Guaraní villagers

By sustainable development, Reed means thacommercial lumber companies and ranchers should replanthe tropical foresafter they have cuidown and permiexploited areas to regenerate for approximately 40 years.

According to Lee, in 1963 the !Kung had more leisure time than average Americans.

Reed argues thapeople musbe prevented from living in the Amazon foresithe tropical ecosystem is to survive.

Richard Lee claims thathe consumption oedible plants, rather than meat, was the key to successful subsistence for the !Kung in 1963.

According to Reed in "ForesDevelopmenthe Indian Way," Guaraní Indians subsisin the Amazon tropical foreslargely by

Culture and Ethnography

Language and Communication

Economic Systems

Kinship and Family

Roles and Inequality

Law and Politics

Religion, Magic, and Worldview

Globalization

Using and Doing Anthropology

Filters