Question 1

What is domestication?

Accepted Answer

Domestication is the control of and systematic breeding of an animal species generation by generation to produce certain traits.

Question 2

Overall, how did Baruya men use the additional wood produced by steel axes as opposed to stone ones?

Accepted Answer

A)  Built more houses 
B)  Sold it for commercial purposes 
C)  Built more pigpens 
D)  Developed a furniture industry 
A)  Built more houses 
B)  Sold it for commercial purposes 
C)  Built more pigpens 
D)  Developed a furniture industry D

Question 3

In Bali, farmers used which of the following to divert water from one to another location?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spears 
B)  Weirs 
C)  Dikes 
D)  Large-scale dams 
A)  Spears 
B)  Weirs 
C)  Dikes 
D)  Large-scale dams B

Question 4

The sex ratio imbalance greatly concerns world leaders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which category of technology is most fundamental to human life everywhere?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subsistence 
B)  Information 
C)  Educational 
D)   Political 
A)  Subsistence 
B)  Information 
C)  Educational 
D)   Political

Question 6

?Define technology.

Accepted Answer

?Technology is an entire bundl

Question 7

What is the first step commonly taken in an anthropological study of technology?

Accepted Answer

A)   Focus on the primary form of subsistence 
B)   Inventory of a group's material culture 
C)   Comparison of technologies between two groups 
D)   Assignment of an innovation quality to the group's technology 
A)   Focus on the primary form of subsistence 
B)   Inventory of a group's material culture 
C)   Comparison of technologies between two groups 
D)   Assignment of an innovation quality to the group's technology

Question 8

The Inca used a complex system of aqueducts for farming.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Among the Baruya, the introduction of steel axes:

Accepted Answer

A)  resulted in a decrease of wood production. 
B)  resulted in an increase in women's workloads. 
C)  was abandoned after a short period of time for inefficiency. 
D)  created a major shift in formerly egalitarian relationships. 
A)  resulted in a decrease of wood production. 
B)  resulted in an increase in women's workloads. 
C)  was abandoned after a short period of time for inefficiency. 
D)  created a major shift in formerly egalitarian relationships.

Question 10

Which of the following is the most striking engineering feat found in Bali?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monumental architecture 
B)  Modern-day airports 
C)  Irrigation canals 
D)  Telephone satellite system 
A)  Monumental architecture 
B)  Modern-day airports 
C)  Irrigation canals 
D)  Telephone satellite system

Question 11

The kaross is a:

Accepted Answer

A)  form of hafting used on steel axes. 
B)  breed of dog used by the Bedouin. 
C)  type of basket used by San women. 
D)  piece of skin San women use for gathering. 
A)  form of hafting used on steel axes. 
B)  breed of dog used by the Bedouin. 
C)  type of basket used by San women. 
D)  piece of skin San women use for gathering.

Question 12

The one-child family policy occurred in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Vietnam. 
B)  China. 
C)  India. 
D)  Belgium. 
A)  Vietnam. 
B)  China. 
C)  India. 
D)  Belgium.

Question 13

The IT industry is declining rapidly today as a growth industry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements about work in Information Technology businesses is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a gendered technology field that begins in the workplace and favors men. 
B)  It is a gendered technology field that begins before the workplace and skews toward men. 
C)  It is a gendered technology field that begins in high school and favors women. 
D)  It is not a gendered technology field and offers equal opportunity to men and women. 
A)  It is a gendered technology field that begins in the workplace and favors men. 
B)  It is a gendered technology field that begins before the workplace and skews toward men. 
C)  It is a gendered technology field that begins in high school and favors women. 
D)  It is not a gendered technology field and offers equal opportunity to men and women.

Question 15

Among the Yir Yoront, the introduction of stone axes in the 1930s disrupted the relationship between men and women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

There is not a digital divide in the U.S. today.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Baruya began to use steel axes in the 1940s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Traditional San hunters:

Accepted Answer

A)  usually traveled alone for hunts and shared meat with everyone in the band. 
B)  put personal markings on their arrows to determine the owner of the kill. 
C)  did not share meat with those who did not hunt. 
D)  obtained a great deal of political power from successful hunts. 
A)  usually traveled alone for hunts and shared meat with everyone in the band. 
B)  put personal markings on their arrows to determine the owner of the kill. 
C)  did not share meat with those who did not hunt. 
D)  obtained a great deal of political power from successful hunts.

Question 19

Humans became co-dependent on some animals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What institution traditionally controlled (and controls) the irrigation system in Bali?

Accepted Answer

A)  Religion 
B)  Economics 
C)  Kinship 
D)  Politics 
A)  Religion 
B)  Economics 
C)  Kinship 
D)  Politics

What is domestication?

Overall, how did Baruya men use the additional wood produced by steel axes as opposed to stone ones?

In Bali, farmers used which of the following to divert water from one to another location?

The sex ratio imbalance greatly concerns world leaders.

Which category of technology is most fundamental to human life everywhere?

?Define technology.

What is the first step commonly taken in an anthropological study of technology?

The Inca used a complex system of aqueducts for farming.

Among the Baruya, the introduction of steel axes:

Which of the following is the most striking engineering feat found in Bali?

The kaross is a:

The one-child family policy occurred in:

The IT industry is declining rapidly today as a growth industry.

Which of the following statements about work in Information Technology businesses is correct?

Among the Yir Yoront, the introduction of stone axes in the 1930s disrupted the relationship between men and women.

There is not a digital divide in the U.S. today.

The Baruya began to use steel axes in the 1940s.

Traditional San hunters:

Humans became co-dependent on some animals.

What institution traditionally controlled (and controls) the irrigation system in Bali?

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Exam 11: Technologies and Culture Change

What is domestication?

Overall, how did Baruya men use the additional wood produced by steel axes as opposed to stone ones?

In Bali, farmers used which of the following to divert water from one to another location?

The sex ratio imbalance greatly concerns world leaders.

Which category of technology is most fundamental to human life everywhere?

?Define technology.

What is the first step commonly taken in an anthropological study of technology?

The Inca used a complex system of aqueducts for farming.

Among the Baruya, the introduction of steel axes:

Which of the following is the most striking engineering feat found in Bali?

The kaross is a:

The one-child family policy occurred in:

The IT industry is declining rapidly today as a growth industry.

Which of the following statements about work in Information Technology businesses is correct?

Among the Yir Yoront, the introduction of stone axes in the 1930s disrupted the relationship between men and women.

There is not a digital divide in the U.S. today.

The Baruya began to use steel axes in the 1940s.

Traditional San hunters:

Humans became co-dependent on some animals.

What institution traditionally controlled (and controls) the irrigation system in Bali?

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Marriage and Residence Practices

Gender Identities

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Language and Musical Expression

Religion and Belief Systems

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

Filters