Question 1

How people consume goods is part of economics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Political power in horticultural society is mostly associated with:

Accepted Answer

A)  kinship. 
B)  status. 
C)  prestige. 
D)  gender. 
A)  kinship. 
B)  status. 
C)  prestige. 
D)  gender.

Question 3

Which of the following would not customarily be considered part of the formal economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Babysitting for neighbors 
B)   Managing a fast-food restaurant 
C)  Waiting tables for a chain restaurant 
D)  Teaching kindergarten 
A)  Babysitting for neighbors 
B)   Managing a fast-food restaurant 
C)  Waiting tables for a chain restaurant 
D)  Teaching kindergarten

Question 4

In what types of geographical regions do we primarily find horticulturalists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Temperate zones 
B)  Desert regions 
C)  Semi-arid regions 
D)  Tropical and sub-tropical regions 
A)  Temperate zones 
B)  Desert regions 
C)  Semi-arid regions 
D)  Tropical and sub-tropical regions

Question 5

Compare a foraging society with a society based on industrial agribusiness. What common problems are they trying to address and what environmental, social, and political differences result from the two different modes of production?

Accepted Answer

Foraging societies and societies based o

Question 6

All modes of production include each of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  division of labor. 
B)  market exchange. 
C)  tools and skills utilized in production. 
D)  social relationships of people producing the goods. 
A)  division of labor. 
B)  market exchange. 
C)  tools and skills utilized in production. 
D)  social relationships of people producing the goods.

Question 7

Which of the following is not associated with intensive agriculture?

Accepted Answer

A)   Permanent annual cropping 
B)  Intensive labor techniques 
C)  Intensive irrigation and fertilization 
D)  Increasing levels of social egalitarianism 
A)   Permanent annual cropping 
B)  Intensive labor techniques 
C)  Intensive irrigation and fertilization 
D)  Increasing levels of social egalitarianism

Question 8

Which of the following is associated only with a market economy under a capitalist system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use of principles of supply and demand 
B)  Delayed exchange over several weeks 
C)  Exchange as part of an ongoing social relationship between the two parties 
D)  Central storage of taxes for later dispersal as needed 
A)  Use of principles of supply and demand 
B)  Delayed exchange over several weeks 
C)  Exchange as part of an ongoing social relationship between the two parties 
D)  Central storage of taxes for later dispersal as needed

Question 9

Commodities are associated with which type of exchange?

Accepted Answer

A)  Barter 
B)  Reciprocity 
C)  Redistribution 
D)  Market system 
A)  Barter 
B)  Reciprocity 
C)  Redistribution 
D)  Market system

Question 10

All of the following are ways to explain the presence of the informal economy except:

Accepted Answer

A) As an alternative economy that works to destroy and bring down the formal economy. 
B) As a dual economy in which the informal and formal economies complement each other. 
C) A situation in which labor in the informal economy supports and strengthens the formal economy. 
D) As a way of subsidizing the formal economy with unpaid labor, such as that of housewives in their homes. 
A) As an alternative economy that works to destroy and bring down the formal economy. 
B) As a dual economy in which the informal and formal economies complement each other. 
C) A situation in which labor in the informal economy supports and strengthens the formal economy. 
D) As a way of subsidizing the formal economy with unpaid labor, such as that of housewives in their homes.

Question 11

In industrial economies such as the U.S., farming has moved increasingly towards:

Accepted Answer

A)  industrial agriculture. 
B)  family farms. 
C)  haciendas. 
D)  informal economies. 
A)  industrial agriculture. 
B)  family farms. 
C)  haciendas. 
D)  informal economies.

Question 12

In general, foragers have less leisure time than agriculturalists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

How people consume goods is part of economics.

Political power in horticultural society is mostly associated with:

Which of the following would not customarily be considered part of the formal economy?

In what types of geographical regions do we primarily find horticulturalists?

Compare a foraging society with a society based on industrial agribusiness. What common problems are they trying to address and what environmental, social, and political differences result from the two different modes of production?

All modes of production include each of the following except:

Which of the following is not associated with intensive agriculture?

Which of the following is associated only with a market economy under a capitalist system?

Commodities are associated with which type of exchange?

All of the following are ways to explain the presence of the informal economy except:

In industrial economies such as the U.S., farming has moved increasingly towards:

In general, foragers have less leisure time than agriculturalists.

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

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

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

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Exam 3: Households and Economies

How people consume goods is part of economics.

Political power in horticultural society is mostly associated with:

Which of the following would not customarily be considered part of the formal economy?

In what types of geographical regions do we primarily find horticulturalists?

Compare a foraging society with a society based on industrial agribusiness. What common problems are they trying to address and what environmental, social, and political differences result from the two different modes of production?

All modes of production include each of the following except:

Which of the following is not associated with intensive agriculture?

Which of the following is associated only with a market economy under a capitalist system?

Commodities are associated with which type of exchange?

All of the following are ways to explain the presence of the informal economy except:

In industrial economies such as the U.S., farming has moved increasingly towards:

In general, foragers have less leisure time than agriculturalists.

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

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

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

Filters