Question 1

In Southeast Asia,which crop complex was adapted to tropical wetlands?

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

Question 2

How was anthropologist Alan Kolata's knowledge of an ancient technology able to assist the Aymara with their modern agricultural problems? What has been the impact of his project on the quality of life of the Aymara?

Accepted Answer

Anthropologist Alan Kolata's knowledge o

Question 3

There is a long history of human involvement in hunting and gathering as a mode of cultural adaptation.What did this probably help to shape?

Accepted Answer

A)  a strong sense of competition 
B)  a deep-rooted sense of aggressiveness,which served as a form of preadaptation to today's "urban jungle" 
C)  the sexual division of labour 
D)  the submissive temperament of females 
A)  a strong sense of competition 
B)  a deep-rooted sense of aggressiveness,which served as a form of preadaptation to today's "urban jungle" 
C)  the sexual division of labour 
D)  the submissive temperament of females

Question 4

There are currently around 25 million people following pastoral nomadic ways of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Hunting and gathering during the winter,fishing in the fall,tapping maple syrup in the spring,and harvesting wild rice in the summer led to a highly nomadic lifestyle for the Woodlands Ojibwa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Why are modern foragers only found in the most marginal environments today?

Accepted Answer

A)  They gradually overpopulated better environments until those environments collapsed. 
B)  They have gradually been displaced from better environments by other humans with other subsistence strategies. 
C)  Foraging lifestyle can only be maintained in a marginal environment. 
D)  The United Nations relocated them to preserve their cultures. 
A)  They gradually overpopulated better environments until those environments collapsed. 
B)  They have gradually been displaced from better environments by other humans with other subsistence strategies. 
C)  Foraging lifestyle can only be maintained in a marginal environment. 
D)  The United Nations relocated them to preserve their cultures.

Question 7

What is the average number of people in a food-foraging group?

Accepted Answer

A)  around 20 
B)  fewer than 50 
C)  fewer than 100 
D)  more than 500 
A)  around 20 
B)  fewer than 50 
C)  fewer than 100 
D)  more than 500

Question 8

What adaptation did the Cree and Ojibwa make when they moved onto the western plains?

Accepted Answer

A)  They replaced bows and arrows with more powerful spears. 
B)  They replaced pottery vessels with wood and bark containers. 
C)  They took up the bison-hunting nomadic lifestyle. 
D)  They gave up their horses and herded sheep. 
A)  They replaced bows and arrows with more powerful spears. 
B)  They replaced pottery vessels with wood and bark containers. 
C)  They took up the bison-hunting nomadic lifestyle. 
D)  They gave up their horses and herded sheep.

Question 9

Mechanized agriculture has given humans unprecedented control over their food supply.Which statement best describes the current situation of the Canadian farmers that made this possible?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rural Canada has been able to increase its agricultural output while maintaining its population as agricultural technologies have improved. 
B)  Rural Canada has lost farmers,been depopulated,and suffered from low commodity prices,rising expenses,increasing debt,and environmental contamination. 
C)  Rural Canada now has more product diversity,smaller farms,and more local produce. 
D)  Rural Canada has shifted from plant to animal production to stay competitive. 
A)  Rural Canada has been able to increase its agricultural output while maintaining its population as agricultural technologies have improved. 
B)  Rural Canada has lost farmers,been depopulated,and suffered from low commodity prices,rising expenses,increasing debt,and environmental contamination. 
C)  Rural Canada now has more product diversity,smaller farms,and more local produce. 
D)  Rural Canada has shifted from plant to animal production to stay competitive.

Question 10

The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals have occurred many times in human history.Which statement best describes the predictable consequences of the adoption of farming?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has consistently resulted in environmental destruction,overpopulation,and contributed to the eventual disappearance of civilizations. 
B)  It has consistently allowed people to progress in more ways than any other subsistence strategy. 
C)  It has all but eliminated poverty on earth. 
D)  It has consistently produced more food with less labour than any other subsistence strategy. 
A)  It has consistently resulted in environmental destruction,overpopulation,and contributed to the eventual disappearance of civilizations. 
B)  It has consistently allowed people to progress in more ways than any other subsistence strategy. 
C)  It has all but eliminated poverty on earth. 
D)  It has consistently produced more food with less labour than any other subsistence strategy.

Question 11

Which statement is most consistent with the idea that humans have spent most of our history as foragers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Early humans had failed at early attempts at agriculture. 
B)  Early humans could find no suitable animal species to domesticate. 
C)  Early humans evolved in a rich diverse ecosystem and were few in number. 
D)  Early humans evolved as carnivorous hunters that easily dominated all other species. 
A)  Early humans had failed at early attempts at agriculture. 
B)  Early humans could find no suitable animal species to domesticate. 
C)  Early humans evolved in a rich diverse ecosystem and were few in number. 
D)  Early humans evolved as carnivorous hunters that easily dominated all other species.

Question 12

How did Thomas Hobbes mistakenly describe the lives of foragers?

Accepted Answer

A)  ideal,happy,and in balance with nature 
B)  solitary,poor,nasty,brutish,and short 
C)  poor in material goods but rich in spirit 
D)  only about one half the length of that of a European 
A)  ideal,happy,and in balance with nature 
B)  solitary,poor,nasty,brutish,and short 
C)  poor in material goods but rich in spirit 
D)  only about one half the length of that of a European

Question 13

Among the Ju/'hoansi,which of the following mechanisms is often used to regulate social density?

Accepted Answer

A)  inter-camp divorce 
B)  inter-camp marriage 
C)  inter-camp visiting 
D)  breastfeeding of infants 
A)  inter-camp divorce 
B)  inter-camp marriage 
C)  inter-camp visiting 
D)  breastfeeding of infants

Question 14

Which of the following is a common seasonal pattern among the world's foragers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have no common seasonal pattern. 
B)  They are densely congregated in a defined territory. 
C)  Their population is dispersed at all times. 
D)  They congregate in one season and disperse in another. 
A)  They have no common seasonal pattern. 
B)  They are densely congregated in a defined territory. 
C)  Their population is dispersed at all times. 
D)  They congregate in one season and disperse in another.

Question 15

The number of family farms in Canada has been declining steadily since the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Swidden farming,or slash and burn,is much more energy-efficient than modern North American farming techniques.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which type of food did the Blackfoot of the Canadian Northern Plains find particularly distasteful?

Accepted Answer

A)  fish 
B)  antelope meat 
C)  nuts 
D)  turnips 
A)  fish 
B)  antelope meat 
C)  nuts 
D)  turnips

Question 18

From the perspective of subsistence,how do the Aka of South Africa compare to the Blackfoot of western Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both follow a subsistence strategy based on foraging. 
B)  The Aka are foragers,the Blackfoot are horticulturalists. 
C)  Aka and Blackfoot foraging strategies are strikingly similar. 
D)  Both lived in stockade villages. 
A)  Both follow a subsistence strategy based on foraging. 
B)  The Aka are foragers,the Blackfoot are horticulturalists. 
C)  Aka and Blackfoot foraging strategies are strikingly similar. 
D)  Both lived in stockade villages.

Question 19

The population density of foraging groups is usually considerably lower than what resources can support.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following obstacles has most negatively affected Canadian mechanized agriculture?

Accepted Answer

A)  interference from European big business 
B)  poor yields and locusts 
C)  low commodity prices,rising expenses,and debt 
D)  competition among inheriting siblings 
A)  interference from European big business 
B)  poor yields and locusts 
C)  low commodity prices,rising expenses,and debt 
D)  competition among inheriting siblings

In Southeast Asia,which crop complex was adapted to tropical wetlands?

How was anthropologist Alan Kolata's knowledge of an ancient technology able to assist the Aymara with their modern agricultural problems? What has been the impact of his project on the quality of life of the Aymara?

There is a long history of human involvement in hunting and gathering as a mode of cultural adaptation.What did this probably help to shape?

There are currently around 25 million people following pastoral nomadic ways of life.

Hunting and gathering during the winter,fishing in the fall,tapping maple syrup in the spring,and harvesting wild rice in the summer led to a highly nomadic lifestyle for the Woodlands Ojibwa.

Why are modern foragers only found in the most marginal environments today?

What is the average number of people in a food-foraging group?

What adaptation did the Cree and Ojibwa make when they moved onto the western plains?

Mechanized agriculture has given humans unprecedented control over their food supply.Which statement best describes the current situation of the Canadian farmers that made this possible?

The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals have occurred many times in human history.Which statement best describes the predictable consequences of the adoption of farming?

Which statement is most consistent with the idea that humans have spent most of our history as foragers?

How did Thomas Hobbes mistakenly describe the lives of foragers?

Among the Ju/'hoansi,which of the following mechanisms is often used to regulate social density?

Which of the following is a common seasonal pattern among the world's foragers?

The number of family farms in Canada has been declining steadily since the 1920s.

Swidden farming,or slash and burn,is much more energy-efficient than modern North American farming techniques.

Which type of food did the Blackfoot of the Canadian Northern Plains find particularly distasteful?

From the perspective of subsistence,how do the Aka of South Africa compare to the Blackfoot of western Canada?

The population density of foraging groups is usually considerably lower than what resources can support.

Which of the following obstacles has most negatively affected Canadian mechanized agriculture?

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In Southeast Asia,which crop complex was adapted to tropical wetlands?

How was anthropologist Alan Kolata's knowledge of an ancient technology able to assist the Aymara with their modern agricultural problems? What has been the impact of his project on the quality of life of the Aymara?

There is a long history of human involvement in hunting and gathering as a mode of cultural adaptation.What did this probably help to shape?

There are currently around 25 million people following pastoral nomadic ways of life.

Hunting and gathering during the winter,fishing in the fall,tapping maple syrup in the spring,and harvesting wild rice in the summer led to a highly nomadic lifestyle for the Woodlands Ojibwa.

Why are modern foragers only found in the most marginal environments today?

What is the average number of people in a food-foraging group?

What adaptation did the Cree and Ojibwa make when they moved onto the western plains?

Mechanized agriculture has given humans unprecedented control over their food supply.Which statement best describes the current situation of the Canadian farmers that made this possible?

The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals have occurred many times in human history.Which statement best describes the predictable consequences of the adoption of farming?

Which statement is most consistent with the idea that humans have spent most of our history as foragers?

How did Thomas Hobbes mistakenly describe the lives of foragers?

Among the Ju/'hoansi,which of the following mechanisms is often used to regulate social density?

Which of the following is a common seasonal pattern among the world's foragers?

The number of family farms in Canada has been declining steadily since the 1920s.

Swidden farming,or slash and burn,is much more energy-efficient than modern North American farming techniques.

Which type of food did the Blackfoot of the Canadian Northern Plains find particularly distasteful?

From the perspective of subsistence,how do the Aka of South Africa compare to the Blackfoot of western Canada?

The population density of foraging groups is usually considerably lower than what resources can support.

Which of the following obstacles has most negatively affected Canadian mechanized agriculture?

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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