Exam 6: Getting Food

What insights can we gain about humanity's past by studying the lives of contemporary foragers? What are the limitations associated with using modern foragers to help understand ancient humans?

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1. Note that modern foragers are limited to marginal environments
2. Contemporary foraging societies are as modern as other cultures, and are influenced by neighboring societies

What subsistence strategy characterized most of human history?

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What is the difference between animal husbandry and pastoralism?

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What archaeological evidence is needed to support the Binford-Flannery model?

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Question 4

Ester Boserup argues that the intensification of agriculture is __________.

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Question 5

Most of the Ngatatjara's food supply is gathered by and is .

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Question 6

Europeans who first saw the way South Pacific islanders maintained their gardens thought they were simply lazy. Why do they really allow their gardens to grow in such a messy state?

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Question 7

Which of the following factors may have contributed to the decline of the earliest city-states in Mesopotamia?

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Question 8

Anthropologists have concluded that the physical environment by itself has a , rather than a , effect on the major types of subsistence.

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Question 9

One characteristic of pastoral societies is __________.

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Question 10

What social characteristics are associated with foragers and complex foragers?

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Question 11

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

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Question 12

What did Paul Roscoe discover to be closely associated with a New Guinean foraging society's dependence on fishing?

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Question 13

What is the key feature that distinguishes intensive agriculture from horticulture?

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Question 14

Which of the following is characteristic of foraging societies?

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What is one of the major consequences of horticulture?

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Question 16

Which of these is a consequence of intensive agriculture?

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Question 17

Which horticulturalists are likely to be the most sedentary?

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Question 18

What is the role of cotton in the agricultural communities of rural Greece?

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Question 19

What is the difference between foraging and food production?

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What insights can we gain about humanity's past by studying the lives of contemporary foragers? What are the limitations associated with using modern foragers to help understand ancient humans?

What subsistence strategy characterized most of human history?

What is the difference between animal husbandry and pastoralism?

What archaeological evidence is needed to support the Binford-Flannery model?

Ester Boserup argues that the intensification of agriculture is __________.

Most of the Ngatatjara's food supply is gathered by and is .

Europeans who first saw the way South Pacific islanders maintained their gardens thought they were simply lazy. Why do they really allow their gardens to grow in such a messy state?

Which of the following factors may have contributed to the decline of the earliest city-states in Mesopotamia?

Anthropologists have concluded that the physical environment by itself has a , rather than a , effect on the major types of subsistence.

One characteristic of pastoral societies is __________.

What social characteristics are associated with foragers and complex foragers?

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

What did Paul Roscoe discover to be closely associated with a New Guinean foraging society's dependence on fishing?

What is the key feature that distinguishes intensive agriculture from horticulture?

Which of the following is characteristic of foraging societies?

What is one of the major consequences of horticulture?

Which of these is a consequence of intensive agriculture?

Which horticulturalists are likely to be the most sedentary?

What is the role of cotton in the agricultural communities of rural Greece?

What is the difference between foraging and food production?

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Exam 6: Getting Food

What insights can we gain about humanity's past by studying the lives of contemporary foragers? What are the limitations associated with using modern foragers to help understand ancient humans?

What subsistence strategy characterized most of human history?

What is the difference between animal husbandry and pastoralism?

What archaeological evidence is needed to support the Binford-Flannery model?

Ester Boserup argues that the intensification of agriculture is __________.

Most of the Ngatatjara's food supply is gathered by __________ and is __________.

Europeans who first saw the way South Pacific islanders maintained their gardens thought they were simply lazy. Why do they really allow their gardens to grow in such a messy state?

Which of the following factors may have contributed to the decline of the earliest city-states in Mesopotamia?

Anthropologists have concluded that the physical environment by itself has a __________, rather than a __________, effect on the major types of subsistence.

One characteristic of pastoral societies is __________.

What social characteristics are associated with foragers and complex foragers?

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

What did Paul Roscoe discover to be closely associated with a New Guinean foraging society's dependence on fishing?

What is the key feature that distinguishes intensive agriculture from horticulture?

Which of the following is characteristic of foraging societies?

What is one of the major consequences of horticulture?

Which of these is a consequence of intensive agriculture?

Which horticulturalists are likely to be the most sedentary?

What is the role of cotton in the agricultural communities of rural Greece?

What is the difference between foraging and food production?

What Is Anthropology

Culture and Culture Change

Culture and the Individual

Understanding and Explaining Culture

Communication and Language

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Sex and Gender

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Practicing and Applying Anthropology

Health and Illness

Global Problems

Filters

Most of the Ngatatjara's food supply is gathered by and is .

Anthropologists have concluded that the physical environment by itself has a , rather than a , effect on the major types of subsistence.