Question 1

_______________ refers to the number of people that can be supported by the available resources at a given level of technology.

Accepted Answer

A) Ecosystem 
B) Pre-adaptation 
C) Carrying capacity 
D) Culture core 
E) Cultural ecology 
A) Ecosystem 
B) Pre-adaptation 
C) Carrying capacity 
D) Culture core 
E) Cultural ecology

Question 2

The oldest and most universal mode of subsistence is _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) food foraging 
B) farming 
C) hunting 
D) pastoralism 
E) fishing 
A) food foraging 
B) farming 
C) hunting 
D) pastoralism 
E) fishing

Question 3

In the Americas,the crop complex adapted to drier upland areas was _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) wheat,barley,flax,rye,millet 
B) rice,yam,taro 
C) maize,beans,squash 
D) manioc 
E) rhubarb 
A) wheat,barley,flax,rye,millet 
B) rice,yam,taro 
C) maize,beans,squash 
D) manioc 
E) rhubarb

Question 4

The transition from food foraging to food production first took place about _______________ years ago in _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) 15,000/Nile River region 
B) 5,000/Tigris Euphrates area 
C) 10,000/Southwest Asia 
D) 7,000/the Highlands of Mesoamerica 
E) 3,000/Yangtze River Valley 
A) 15,000/Nile River region 
B) 5,000/Tigris Euphrates area 
C) 10,000/Southwest Asia 
D) 7,000/the Highlands of Mesoamerica 
E) 3,000/Yangtze River Valley

Question 5

About 3 million people live by food foraging in the world today.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Many food foraging groups have rituals celebrating the association of men with hunting and warfare,and women with generation of life.They interpret this difference to mean that ________________.

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 are weaker 
E) women are more assertive because they have the power of life and death 
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 are weaker 
E) women are more assertive because they have the power of life and death

Question 7

Which of the following have a food taboo against eating horsemeat?

Accepted Answer

A) British 
B) Jews 
C) Muslims 
D) Hindus 
E) North Americans 
A) British 
B) Jews 
C) Muslims 
D) Hindus 
E) North Americans

Question 8

Which of the following statements about stability and change in culture is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A) Episodes of major change may be followed by long periods of relative stability. 
B) Native American Indians in northwestern New England and southern Quebec had a culture that remained relatively stable for about 5,000 years. 
C) Culture change was entirely absent from the culture of Native American Indians in northwestern New England and southern Quebec between 3500 B.C.
And the 17th century A.D. ;their culture was static. 
D) Long periods of cultural stability indicate an effective adaptation to an environment. 
E) Rapid culture change may cause a cultural system to break down. 
A) Episodes of major change may be followed by long periods of relative stability. 
B) Native American Indians in northwestern New England and southern Quebec had a culture that remained relatively stable for about 5,000 years. 
C) Culture change was entirely absent from the culture of Native American Indians in northwestern New England and southern Quebec between 3500 B.C.
And the 17th century A.D. ;their culture was static. 
D) Long periods of cultural stability indicate an effective adaptation to an environment. 
E) Rapid culture change may cause a cultural system to break down.

Question 9

Which of the following could be considered part of a society's "culture core"?

Accepted Answer

A) the number of hours a people work each day 
B) a taboo against eating certain foods 
C) the belief that only a chief has strong enough magic to plant apple trees and dispense them to his fellow villagers. 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above 
A) the number of hours a people work each day 
B) a taboo against eating certain foods 
C) the belief that only a chief has strong enough magic to plant apple trees and dispense them to his fellow villagers. 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above

Question 10

The Aymara Indians,who live in the mountains of Bolivian have become biologically adapted to their environment by _____________________________________________.

Accepted Answer

A) short legged,barrel chested and surviving on lower oxygen content to the air 
B) long legged,and extremely thin in comparison to the rest of the nation 
C) short legged and stocky 
D) excellent climbers with an extraordinary sense of balance 
E) none of the above 
A) short legged,barrel chested and surviving on lower oxygen content to the air 
B) long legged,and extremely thin in comparison to the rest of the nation 
C) short legged and stocky 
D) excellent climbers with an extraordinary sense of balance 
E) none of the above

Question 11

You live in a hunting-and-gathering band.During the rainy season on the savanna where you live,many plants grow,fruits ripen,and animal life abounds.The land would easily support many more than now live in your band.What sets limits on your population is the fact that,given your mode of technology,and way of life,you cannot keep the water or food sources.You do not farm or raise animals through domestication processes.Thus your group size should not exceed the number that can be supported during the most difficult time of the year,the time of scarcity during the dry season.The land has a certain _______________,or ability to support a certain number of people given their type of technology.

Accepted Answer

A) carrying capacity 
B) ecosystem 
C) pre-adaptation 
D) culture type 
E) culture core 
A) carrying capacity 
B) ecosystem 
C) pre-adaptation 
D) culture type 
E) culture core

Question 12

Three years after planting their gardens,the Mekranoti are left with only _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) manioc 
B) sweet potatoes 
C) pineapple 
D) tobacco 
E) bananas 
A) manioc 
B) sweet potatoes 
C) pineapple 
D) tobacco 
E) bananas

Question 13

Mbuti pygmies of Congo's Ituri rainforest,who use nets to hunt,have an interdependent relationship with other families.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

According to the Biocultural Connection "Surviving in the Andes," Aymara Indians adapted to high altitude,through their expanded heart and lungs,and have approximately _______________ percent of greater pulmonary diffusing capacity,through their expanded heart and lungs.

Accepted Answer

A) 10 
B) 15 
C) 20 
D) 30 
E) 35 
A) 10 
B) 15 
C) 20 
D) 30 
E) 35

Question 15

The Mekranoti style of slash-and-burn farming did not grow well because animals and insects were constantly invading their gardens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

This group has a food taboo against the eating of cows.

Accepted Answer

A) Muslims 
B) Hindus of southern Asia 
C) North Americans 
D) Jews 
E) British 
A) Muslims 
B) Hindus of southern Asia 
C) North Americans 
D) Jews 
E) British

Question 17

The extensive form of horticulture in which the natural vegetation is cut,the slash is subsequently burned,and crops then planted among the ashes is known as _______________,which is also called slash-and-burn farming.

Accepted Answer

A) intensive agriculture 
B) complex farming 
C) simple agronomy 
D) swidden farming 
E) extensive cultivation 
A) intensive agriculture 
B) complex farming 
C) simple agronomy 
D) swidden farming 
E) extensive cultivation

Question 18

Not every group has implemented the changes needed for long-term survival-and some have made changes that failed to bring the expected benefits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A peasant is an agriculturalist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

To say differing sex roles among food foragers are compatible with the biological differences between men and women supports the assertion that they are biologically determined.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

_______________ refers to the number of people that can be supported by the available resources at a given level of technology.

The oldest and most universal mode of subsistence is _______________.

In the Americas,the crop complex adapted to drier upland areas was _______________.

The transition from food foraging to food production first took place about _ years ago in _.

About 3 million people live by food foraging in the world today.

Many food foraging groups have rituals celebrating the association of men with hunting and warfare,and women with generation of life.They interpret this difference to mean that ________________.

Which of the following have a food taboo against eating horsemeat?

Which of the following statements about stability and change in culture is incorrect?

Which of the following could be considered part of a society's "culture core"?

The Aymara Indians,who live in the mountains of Bolivian have become biologically adapted to their environment by _____________________________________________.

Three years after planting their gardens,the Mekranoti are left with only _______________.

Mbuti pygmies of Congo's Ituri rainforest,who use nets to hunt,have an interdependent relationship with other families.

According to the Biocultural Connection "Surviving in the Andes," Aymara Indians adapted to high altitude,through their expanded heart and lungs,and have approximately _______________ percent of greater pulmonary diffusing capacity,through their expanded heart and lungs.

The Mekranoti style of slash-and-burn farming did not grow well because animals and insects were constantly invading their gardens.

This group has a food taboo against the eating of cows.

The extensive form of horticulture in which the natural vegetation is cut,the slash is subsequently burned,and crops then planted among the ashes is known as _______________,which is also called slash-and-burn farming.

Not every group has implemented the changes needed for long-term survival-and some have made changes that failed to bring the expected benefits.

A peasant is an agriculturalist.

To say differing sex roles among food foragers are compatible with the biological differences between men and women supports the assertion that they are biologically determined.

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Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

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Exam 7: Patterns of Subsistence

_______________ refers to the number of people that can be supported by the available resources at a given level of technology.

The oldest and most universal mode of subsistence is _______________.

In the Americas,the crop complex adapted to drier upland areas was _______________.

The transition from food foraging to food production first took place about _______________ years ago in _______________.

About 3 million people live by food foraging in the world today.

Many food foraging groups have rituals celebrating the association of men with hunting and warfare,and women with generation of life.They interpret this difference to mean that ________________.

Which of the following have a food taboo against eating horsemeat?

Which of the following statements about stability and change in culture is incorrect?

Which of the following could be considered part of a society's "culture core"?

The Aymara Indians,who live in the mountains of Bolivian have become biologically adapted to their environment by _____________________________________________.

Three years after planting their gardens,the Mekranoti are left with only _______________.

Mbuti pygmies of Congo's Ituri rainforest,who use nets to hunt,have an interdependent relationship with other families.

According to the Biocultural Connection "Surviving in the Andes," Aymara Indians adapted to high altitude,through their expanded heart and lungs,and have approximately _______________ percent of greater pulmonary diffusing capacity,through their expanded heart and lungs.

The Mekranoti style of slash-and-burn farming did not grow well because animals and insects were constantly invading their gardens.

This group has a food taboo against the eating of cows.

The extensive form of horticulture in which the natural vegetation is cut,the slash is subsequently burned,and crops then planted among the ashes is known as _______________,which is also called slash-and-burn farming.

Not every group has implemented the changes needed for long-term survival-and some have made changes that failed to bring the expected benefits.

A peasant is an agriculturalist.

To say differing sex roles among food foragers are compatible with the biological differences between men and women supports the assertion that they are biologically determined.

The Essence of Anthropology

Characteristics of Culture

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

Language and Communication

Social Identity, personality, and Gender

Economic Systems

Sex, marriage, and Family

Kinship and Descent

Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

Politics, power, and Violence

Spirituality, religion, and the Supernatural

The Arts

Processes of Change

Global Challenges local Responses and the Role of Anthropology

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The transition from food foraging to food production first took place about _ years ago in _.