Question 1

What happens to generalized reciprocity in times of scarcity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sharing tends to increase during times of food shortage, but not famine. 
B)  Sharing tends to increase during times of famine, but not food shortage. 
C)  Sharing tends to increase during both food shortage and famine. 
D)  Sharing tends to decrease during both food shortage and famine. 
A)  Sharing tends to increase during times of food shortage, but not famine. 
B)  Sharing tends to increase during times of famine, but not food shortage. 
C)  Sharing tends to increase during both food shortage and famine. 
D)  Sharing tends to decrease during both food shortage and famine.

Question 2

Why do members of food-collecting societies not have private ownership of land?

Accepted Answer

A)  Land has no intrinsic value to foragers; only the animals and plants on the land have value. 
B)  Land is too expensive to own, so most foragers are forced to rent land. 
C)  Private ownership has historically led to too much conflict, so they abandoned the practice. 
D)  Foragers do not usually have a measuring system to equitably distribute the land. 
A)  Land has no intrinsic value to foragers; only the animals and plants on the land have value. 
B)  Land is too expensive to own, so most foragers are forced to rent land. 
C)  Private ownership has historically led to too much conflict, so they abandoned the practice. 
D)  Foragers do not usually have a measuring system to equitably distribute the land.

Question 3

What form of horticulture involves working the land for a short time,then leaving it idle for a few years?

Accepted Answer

A)  shifting cultivation 
B)  monocropping 
C)  cash cropping 
D)  permanent cultivation 
A)  shifting cultivation 
B)  monocropping 
C)  cash cropping 
D)  permanent cultivation

Question 4

Among pastoral nomads,wealth is usually measured in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  animals 
B)  the amount of land people own 
C)  the number of children people have 
D)  the number of wives a man has 
A)  animals 
B)  the amount of land people own 
C)  the number of children people have 
D)  the number of wives a man has

Question 5

Taxation is an indirect form of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  forced labor 
B)  reciprocity 
C)  redistribution 
D)  voluntary labor 
A)  forced labor 
B)  reciprocity 
C)  redistribution 
D)  voluntary labor

Question 6

In which areas is intensive agriculture unlikely to supplant horticulture?

Accepted Answer

A)  tropical forests 
B)  the Arctic 
C)  plains 
D)  temperate climates 
A)  tropical forests 
B)  the Arctic 
C)  plains 
D)  temperate climates

Question 7

Distinguish between the three major types of food production: horticulture,intensive agriculture,and pastoralism.Provide examples of modern cultures practicing each type of subsistence.

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should include:
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Question 8

The spread of agriculture may be linked to the need for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  territorial expansion 
B)  more food 
C)  permanent housing 
D)  saving animals 
A)  territorial expansion 
B)  more food 
C)  permanent housing 
D)  saving animals

Question 9

Compared to food collectors,horticulturalists generally __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  get more food from a given area 
B)  are more nomadic 
C)  are more sparsely populated 
D)  have fewer differences in prestige between people 
A)  get more food from a given area 
B)  are more nomadic 
C)  are more sparsely populated 
D)  have fewer differences in prestige between people

Question 10

Researchers have found that cooperation is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  common across cultures and seems to evoke pleasure for people 
B)  generally considered a good quality but rarely shown by individual people 
C)  unnatural for humans but socially developed by most societies 
D)  found in human societies but no other animal communities 
A)  common across cultures and seems to evoke pleasure for people 
B)  generally considered a good quality but rarely shown by individual people 
C)  unnatural for humans but socially developed by most societies 
D)  found in human societies but no other animal communities

Question 11

Using the anthropological definition,which of the following is an example of horticulture?

Accepted Answer

A)  shifting cultivation 
B)  decorative flower gardening 
C)  large fields of cash crops 
D)  greenhouses for growing plants 
A)  shifting cultivation 
B)  decorative flower gardening 
C)  large fields of cash crops 
D)  greenhouses for growing plants

Question 12

Which of these is a common task for young children?

Accepted Answer

A)  tending animals 
B)  cooking food 
C)  clearing fields 
D)  making tools 
A)  tending animals 
B)  cooking food 
C)  clearing fields 
D)  making tools

Question 13

In what activity do Yanomamö participate as part of their subsistence strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  hunting monkeys with bow and arrow 
B)  raising cattle and sheep 
C)  using irrigation to control farmland 
D)  planting coconut and banana trees 
A)  hunting monkeys with bow and arrow 
B)  raising cattle and sheep 
C)  using irrigation to control farmland 
D)  planting coconut and banana trees

Question 14

Critically discuss the costs and benefits of having a market exchange economy.What advancements can be gained from this economic system? What social institutions are lost?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Systems regulating the way goods and services are distributed are closely associated with the society's __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  food-getting technology 
B)  gendered division of labor 
C)  dependence on seafood 
D)  incentives for labor 
A)  food-getting technology 
B)  gendered division of labor 
C)  dependence on seafood 
D)  incentives for labor

What happens to generalized reciprocity in times of scarcity?

Why do members of food-collecting societies not have private ownership of land?

What form of horticulture involves working the land for a short time,then leaving it idle for a few years?

Among pastoral nomads,wealth is usually measured in __________.

Taxation is an indirect form of __________.

In which areas is intensive agriculture unlikely to supplant horticulture?

Distinguish between the three major types of food production: horticulture,intensive agriculture,and pastoralism.Provide examples of modern cultures practicing each type of subsistence.

The spread of agriculture may be linked to the need for __________.

Compared to food collectors,horticulturalists generally __________.

Researchers have found that cooperation is __________.

Using the anthropological definition,which of the following is an example of horticulture?

Which of these is a common task for young children?

In what activity do Yanomamö participate as part of their subsistence strategy?

Critically discuss the costs and benefits of having a market exchange economy.What advancements can be gained from this economic system? What social institutions are lost?

Systems regulating the way goods and services are distributed are closely associated with the society's __________.

What Is Anthropology?

Research Methods in Anthropology

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Human Variation and Adaptation

Primates: Past and Present

The First Hominins and the Emergence of Homo

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Food Production and the Rise of States

Culture and Culture Change

Communication and Language

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

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Exam 11: Economics

What happens to generalized reciprocity in times of scarcity?

Why do members of food-collecting societies not have private ownership of land?

What form of horticulture involves working the land for a short time,then leaving it idle for a few years?

Among pastoral nomads,wealth is usually measured in __________.

Taxation is an indirect form of __________.

In which areas is intensive agriculture unlikely to supplant horticulture?

Distinguish between the three major types of food production: horticulture,intensive agriculture,and pastoralism.Provide examples of modern cultures practicing each type of subsistence.

The spread of agriculture may be linked to the need for __________.

Compared to food collectors,horticulturalists generally __________.

Researchers have found that cooperation is __________.

Using the anthropological definition,which of the following is an example of horticulture?

Which of these is a common task for young children?

In what activity do Yanomamö participate as part of their subsistence strategy?

Critically discuss the costs and benefits of having a market exchange economy.What advancements can be gained from this economic system? What social institutions are lost?

Systems regulating the way goods and services are distributed are closely associated with the society's __________.

What Is Anthropology?

Research Methods in Anthropology

Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

Primates: Past and Present

The First Hominins and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo sapiens and the Upper Paleolithic World

Food Production and the Rise of States

Culture and Culture Change

Communication and Language

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Sex and Gender

Marriage, Family, and Kinship

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Global Problems

Practicing and Applying Anthropology

Filters