Question 1

What percentage of all the people who have ever lived used food foraging as their subsistence strategy.

Accepted Answer

A)  90 percent 
B)  75 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  30 percent 
A)  90 percent 
B)  75 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  30 percent

Question 2

Among the Netsilik Inuit,which group has the most important role in decision making?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decision making is under the absolute control of men. 
B)  Decision making is under the absolute control of women. 
C)  Men claim that they make decisions but actually women make them. 
D)  Everyone defers to elderly grandmothers. 
A)  Decision making is under the absolute control of men. 
B)  Decision making is under the absolute control of women. 
C)  Men claim that they make decisions but actually women make them. 
D)  Everyone defers to elderly grandmothers.

Question 3

List the factors that led to the Neolithic Revolution,and discuss the consequences for social organization and social structure.

Accepted Answer

The Neolithic Revolution was a period of

Question 4

Who are the Bakhtiari?

Accepted Answer

A)  a horticultural society that has exploited its environment by a slash-and-burn technology 
B)  a pastoral society revolving around two seasonal migrations in search of better grazing 
C)  a hunting and gathering society in Pakistan 
D)  a pig-raising society in Highland New Guinea 
A)  a horticultural society that has exploited its environment by a slash-and-burn technology 
B)  a pastoral society revolving around two seasonal migrations in search of better grazing 
C)  a hunting and gathering society in Pakistan 
D)  a pig-raising society in Highland New Guinea

Question 5

Some anthropologists refer to food foragers as "the original affluent society." Why?

Accepted Answer

A)  They manage to accumulate a lot of wealth. 
B)  They occupy the most attractive environments with abundant food supply. 
C)  They work an average of only 20 hours a week to maintain a nutritious diet. 
D)  They earn a good wage for the hours of work they put in each week. 
A)  They manage to accumulate a lot of wealth. 
B)  They occupy the most attractive environments with abundant food supply. 
C)  They work an average of only 20 hours a week to maintain a nutritious diet. 
D)  They earn a good wage for the hours of work they put in each week.

Question 6

What did some Australian Aborigines do when recession hit the sheep stations they worked on?

Accepted Answer

A)  They received welfare. 
B)  They began to kill and eat the sheep. 
C)  They returned to foraging. 
D)  They became gardeners. 
A)  They received welfare. 
B)  They began to kill and eat the sheep. 
C)  They returned to foraging. 
D)  They became gardeners.

Question 7

Which animals did New World cultures domesticate for eating?

Accepted Answer

A)  sheep and chickens 
B)  dogs and turkeys 
C)  dogs and wild cats 
D)  goats and horses 
A)  sheep and chickens 
B)  dogs and turkeys 
C)  dogs and wild cats 
D)  goats and horses

Question 8

What factors determine population size and movement among Mbuti net hunters and archers in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Accepted Answer

The population size and movement among M

Question 9

Which term refers to food producers who specialize in animal herding and who consider their way of life to be ideal and central to their identity?

Accepted Answer

A)  food foragers 
B)  horticulturalists 
C)  intensive agriculturalists 
D)  pastoralists 
A)  food foragers 
B)  horticulturalists 
C)  intensive agriculturalists 
D)  pastoralists

Question 10

Many foraging peoples continue to follow this way of life today because they prefer it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Life in foraging societies was "solitary,poor,nasty,brutish,and short."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Prolonged nursing of infants is an effective method of contraception among food foragers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Acquisition of horses among the Blackfoot of Western Canada led to changes in marriage and alliance patterns and to the development of a class system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What percentage of all the people who have ever lived used food foraging as their subsistence strategy.

Among the Netsilik Inuit,which group has the most important role in decision making?

List the factors that led to the Neolithic Revolution,and discuss the consequences for social organization and social structure.

Who are the Bakhtiari?

Some anthropologists refer to food foragers as "the original affluent society." Why?

What did some Australian Aborigines do when recession hit the sheep stations they worked on?

Which animals did New World cultures domesticate for eating?

What factors determine population size and movement among Mbuti net hunters and archers in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Which term refers to food producers who specialize in animal herding and who consider their way of life to be ideal and central to their identity?

Many foraging peoples continue to follow this way of life today because they prefer it.

Life in foraging societies was "solitary,poor,nasty,brutish,and short."

Prolonged nursing of infants is an effective method of contraception among food foragers.

Acquisition of horses among the Blackfoot of Western Canada led to changes in marriage and alliance patterns and to the development of a class system.

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What percentage of all the people who have ever lived used food foraging as their subsistence strategy.

Among the Netsilik Inuit,which group has the most important role in decision making?

List the factors that led to the Neolithic Revolution,and discuss the consequences for social organization and social structure.

Who are the Bakhtiari?

Some anthropologists refer to food foragers as "the original affluent society." Why?

What did some Australian Aborigines do when recession hit the sheep stations they worked on?

Which animals did New World cultures domesticate for eating?

What factors determine population size and movement among Mbuti net hunters and archers in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Which term refers to food producers who specialize in animal herding and who consider their way of life to be ideal and central to their identity?

Many foraging peoples continue to follow this way of life today because they prefer it.

Life in foraging societies was "solitary,poor,nasty,brutish,and short."

Prolonged nursing of infants is an effective method of contraception among food foragers.

Acquisition of horses among the Blackfoot of Western Canada led to changes in marriage and alliance patterns and to the development of a class system.

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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