Question 1

In the Americas,which crop complex was adapted to drier upland areas?

Accepted Answer

A)  wheat,barley,flax 
B)  rice,yam,taro 
C)  maize,beans,squash 
D)  manioc,cacao,plantains 
A)  wheat,barley,flax 
B)  rice,yam,taro 
C)  maize,beans,squash 
D)  manioc,cacao,plantains C

Question 2

The Iroquois relied on a mixture of swidden agriculture,hunting,and gathering wild plant foods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

What was the most important subsistence change during the Neolithic period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Foraging was at its historic peak. 
B)  Hunting technology and hunting increased steadily. 
C)  Plants and animals were first domesticated. 
D)  Fishing became as common as hunting as boats were invented. 
A)  Foraging was at its historic peak. 
B)  Hunting technology and hunting increased steadily. 
C)  Plants and animals were first domesticated. 
D)  Fishing became as common as hunting as boats were invented. C

Question 4

The right conditions for successful slash-and-burn agriculture include low population densities and adequate amounts of land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which environment is nomadic pastoralism best suited to?

Accepted Answer

A)  land too dry,steep,or cold for farming 
B)  land too wet for farming 
C)  land too fertile for farming 
D)  land too overgrown for farming 
A)  land too dry,steep,or cold for farming 
B)  land too wet for farming 
C)  land too fertile for farming 
D)  land too overgrown for farming

Question 6

Which of the following requires irrigation,natural fertilizers,and the plow to produce food on large plots of land?

Accepted Answer

A)  horticulture 
B)  agriculture 
C)  pastoralism 
D)  agrarianism 
A)  horticulture 
B)  agriculture 
C)  pastoralism 
D)  agrarianism

Question 7

How was labour divided between men and women among Aboriginal food foragers on the Canadian northern plains?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women worked in separate teams. 
B)  Both men and women hunted bison and antelope and gathered plant foods. 
C)  Both men and women stripped hides and collected sinews from the animals they killed. 
D)  Men and women tended to work as a team. 
A)  Men and women worked in separate teams. 
B)  Both men and women hunted bison and antelope and gathered plant foods. 
C)  Both men and women stripped hides and collected sinews from the animals they killed. 
D)  Men and women tended to work as a team.

Question 8

An anthropologist would not use the terms "backward" and "advanced" to describe any human societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

How do anthropologists interpret the meaning of gender-based status differences in egalitarian societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women are different,but one is not ranked higher than the other. 
B)  Women are superior because of their gift of fertility. 
C)  Men are superior because of their physical dominance. 
D)  Men are responsible for taking care of women,because women bring forth children. 
A)  Men and women are different,but one is not ranked higher than the other. 
B)  Women are superior because of their gift of fertility. 
C)  Men are superior because of their physical dominance. 
D)  Men are responsible for taking care of women,because women bring forth children.

Question 10

Critique the Western notion of "progress" from an anthropological viewpoint.

Accepted Answer

The Western notion of "progress" is ofte

Question 11

Which of the following do all food foragers have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They do not farm or keep herd animals. 
B)  They rarely need to move to find food sources. 
C)  They can move anywhere their needs take them. 
D)  They form very large communities. 
A)  They do not farm or keep herd animals. 
B)  They rarely need to move to find food sources. 
C)  They can move anywhere their needs take them. 
D)  They form very large communities.

Question 12

Which of the following is true of individuals who inherited the sickle-cell trait from one parent and a normal gene from the other parent?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were favoured by natural selection. 
B)  They succumbed to malaria but did not die. 
C)  They had no natural defence to malaria. 
D)  They usually died of anthropogenesis. 
A)  They were favoured by natural selection. 
B)  They succumbed to malaria but did not die. 
C)  They had no natural defence to malaria. 
D)  They usually died of anthropogenesis.

Question 13

What does the term "adaptation" refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  the process by which organisms modify and adjust to their environment 
B)  the ability of one population to destroy another 
C)  the borrowing of cultural material from another society 
D)  the process by which living systems change from birth to death 
A)  the process by which organisms modify and adjust to their environment 
B)  the ability of one population to destroy another 
C)  the borrowing of cultural material from another society 
D)  the process by which living systems change from birth to death

Question 14

The Great Plains Blackfoot cannot be considered food foragers,because they had an extensive territory determined by the seasonal movements of the bison herds they hunted for food.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which statement about food-foraging societies is true today?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are found only in remote,marginal areas. 
B)  They make up the majority of the world's population. 
C)  They have not existed for 10,000 years. 
D)  They have their pick of the best environments. 
A)  They are found only in remote,marginal areas. 
B)  They make up the majority of the world's population. 
C)  They have not existed for 10,000 years. 
D)  They have their pick of the best environments.

Question 16

Plains Blackfoot men were responsible for the everyday functioning of the camp.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What did all food foragers have in common 10,000 years ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  They lived in some of the best environments in the world. 
B)  They were found only in the world's most marginal areas. 
C)  They were backward,living lives of great hardship and constant work. 
D)  They had poorly balanced diets and little leisure time. 
A)  They lived in some of the best environments in the world. 
B)  They were found only in the world's most marginal areas. 
C)  They were backward,living lives of great hardship and constant work. 
D)  They had poorly balanced diets and little leisure time.

Question 18

The technological changes that every culture makes over time are solid evidence that all humans are progressing and that progress is a universal human value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which statement best characterizes the relationship between an environment and the organisms in it?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both will inevitably cause changes in the other. 
B)  Organisms will change their environments. 
C)  Environments will change organisms. 
D)  Organisms will consume their environments. 
A)  Both will inevitably cause changes in the other. 
B)  Organisms will change their environments. 
C)  Environments will change organisms. 
D)  Organisms will consume their environments.

Question 20

What did early missionaries find it difficult to convince many North American First Nations groups of?

Accepted Answer

A)  They found it difficult to convince men of the biological basis of fatherhood. 
B)  They found it difficult to convince women to accept Christianity. 
C)  They found it difficult to convince men to impose their authority over women. 
D)  They found it difficult to convince parents to allow their children to be baptized. 
A)  They found it difficult to convince men of the biological basis of fatherhood. 
B)  They found it difficult to convince women to accept Christianity. 
C)  They found it difficult to convince men to impose their authority over women. 
D)  They found it difficult to convince parents to allow their children to be baptized.

In the Americas,which crop complex was adapted to drier upland areas?

The Iroquois relied on a mixture of swidden agriculture,hunting,and gathering wild plant foods.

What was the most important subsistence change during the Neolithic period?

The right conditions for successful slash-and-burn agriculture include low population densities and adequate amounts of land.

Which environment is nomadic pastoralism best suited to?

Which of the following requires irrigation,natural fertilizers,and the plow to produce food on large plots of land?

How was labour divided between men and women among Aboriginal food foragers on the Canadian northern plains?

An anthropologist would not use the terms "backward" and "advanced" to describe any human societies.

How do anthropologists interpret the meaning of gender-based status differences in egalitarian societies?

Critique the Western notion of "progress" from an anthropological viewpoint.

Which of the following do all food foragers have in common?

Which of the following is true of individuals who inherited the sickle-cell trait from one parent and a normal gene from the other parent?

What does the term "adaptation" refer to?

The Great Plains Blackfoot cannot be considered food foragers,because they had an extensive territory determined by the seasonal movements of the bison herds they hunted for food.

Which statement about food-foraging societies is true today?

Plains Blackfoot men were responsible for the everyday functioning of the camp.

What did all food foragers have in common 10,000 years ago?

The technological changes that every culture makes over time are solid evidence that all humans are progressing and that progress is a universal human value.

Which statement best characterizes the relationship between an environment and the organisms in it?

What did early missionaries find it difficult to convince many North American First Nations groups of?

The Nature of Anthropology

The Nature of Culture

The Beginnings of Human Culture

Language and Communication

Economic Systems

Sex and Marriage

Family and Household

Kinship and Descent

Social Stratification and Groupings

Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

Religion and the Supernatural

The Arts

Anthropology at Work

Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity

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Exam 5: Making a Living

In the Americas,which crop complex was adapted to drier upland areas?

The Iroquois relied on a mixture of swidden agriculture,hunting,and gathering wild plant foods.

What was the most important subsistence change during the Neolithic period?

The right conditions for successful slash-and-burn agriculture include low population densities and adequate amounts of land.

Which environment is nomadic pastoralism best suited to?

Which of the following requires irrigation,natural fertilizers,and the plow to produce food on large plots of land?

How was labour divided between men and women among Aboriginal food foragers on the Canadian northern plains?

An anthropologist would not use the terms "backward" and "advanced" to describe any human societies.

How do anthropologists interpret the meaning of gender-based status differences in egalitarian societies?

Critique the Western notion of "progress" from an anthropological viewpoint.

Which of the following do all food foragers have in common?

Which of the following is true of individuals who inherited the sickle-cell trait from one parent and a normal gene from the other parent?

What does the term "adaptation" refer to?

The Great Plains Blackfoot cannot be considered food foragers,because they had an extensive territory determined by the seasonal movements of the bison herds they hunted for food.

Which statement about food-foraging societies is true today?

Plains Blackfoot men were responsible for the everyday functioning of the camp.

What did all food foragers have in common 10,000 years ago?

The technological changes that every culture makes over time are solid evidence that all humans are progressing and that progress is a universal human value.

Which statement best characterizes the relationship between an environment and the organisms in it?

What did early missionaries find it difficult to convince many North American First Nations groups of?

The Nature of Anthropology

The Nature of Culture

The Beginnings of Human Culture

Language and Communication

Economic Systems

Sex and Marriage

Family and Household

Kinship and Descent

Social Stratification and Groupings

Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

Religion and the Supernatural

The Arts

Anthropology at Work

Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity

Filters