Question 1

A major characteristic of industrialism is that it:

Accepted Answer

A) Is an energy-conserving strategy. 
B) Restrains population growth. 
C) Is incompatible with urbanization. 
D) First occurred at the same time in different parts of the Western and non-Western world. 
E) Invariably expands beyond its own boundaries. 
A) Is an energy-conserving strategy. 
B) Restrains population growth. 
C) Is incompatible with urbanization. 
D) First occurred at the same time in different parts of the Western and non-Western world. 
E) Invariably expands beyond its own boundaries.

Question 2

Compare foraging,horticulture,and agriculture in terms of (a)technology,(b)main features of social organization,and (c)relation to population density and productivity.

Accepted Answer

(a) Technology:
Foraging: Foraging relie

Question 3

Among the Maasai,pasture land is:

Accepted Answer

A) Owned by individual families. 
B) Passed from mother's brother to sister's son. 
C) Rented from the neighboring Nuer. 
D) Owned collectively rather than individually. 
E) Far less important than garden land and,therefore,ecologically degraded. 
A) Owned by individual families. 
B) Passed from mother's brother to sister's son. 
C) Rented from the neighboring Nuer. 
D) Owned collectively rather than individually. 
E) Far less important than garden land and,therefore,ecologically degraded.

Question 4

Yarahmadzai herders virtually never work for cash.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Describe the Maasai practice of "drought reserve."

Accepted Answer

This is an agreement across pa

Question 6

What are the five basic subsistence strategies that anthropologists recognize?

Accepted Answer

They are foraging,ho

Question 7

The global food industry has led to increased poverty in rural America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The peoples of the Great Sandy Desert in Australia traditionally made a living by:

Accepted Answer

A) Pastoralism. 
B) Foraging. 
C) Horticulture. 
D) Agriculture. 
E) Market trade. 
A) Pastoralism. 
B) Foraging. 
C) Horticulture. 
D) Agriculture. 
E) Market trade.

Question 9

Preindustrial agriculture uses all of the following techniques except:

Accepted Answer

A) Fertilizer. 
B) Selective livestock breeding. 
C) Crop rotation. 
D) Irrigation. 
E) Pesticides. 
A) Fertilizer. 
B) Selective livestock breeding. 
C) Crop rotation. 
D) Irrigation. 
E) Pesticides.

Question 10

It is likely that difficult and dangerous conditions in the meat packing industry will soon result in new,strong government regulation of that industry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The demand for beef in America rose dramatically in the stock boom of the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Industrialism has led to increased equality among people worldwide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The globalization of food has resulted in large increases in the wealth and power of:

Accepted Answer

A) The governments of poor nations. 
B) Rural populations in poor nations. 
C) Rural populations in wealthy nations. 
D) Already wealthy city dwellers in wealthy nations. 
E) Multinational corporations involved in agriculture. 
A) The governments of poor nations. 
B) Rural populations in poor nations. 
C) Rural populations in wealthy nations. 
D) Already wealthy city dwellers in wealthy nations. 
E) Multinational corporations involved in agriculture.

Question 14

The physical environment affects culture,but culture does not affect the physical environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What does it mean to say that horticulture is a "mixed subsistence strategy"?

Accepted Answer

It means that they g

Question 16

The example of the Kayapo of the Xingu River Basin in South America shows that traditional people were often capable of destroying their own environments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Name four characteristics of a foraging society.

Accepted Answer

Characteristics can include in

Question 18

In Musha,Egypt,wheat and cotton are among the most important crops.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Agriculture requires more capital investment than horticulture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

How is agriculture different from horticulture?

Accepted Answer

It involves more complex forms

A major characteristic of industrialism is that it:

Compare foraging,horticulture,and agriculture in terms of (a)technology,(b)main features of social organization,and (c)relation to population density and productivity.

Among the Maasai,pasture land is:

Yarahmadzai herders virtually never work for cash.

Describe the Maasai practice of "drought reserve."

What are the five basic subsistence strategies that anthropologists recognize?

The global food industry has led to increased poverty in rural America.

The peoples of the Great Sandy Desert in Australia traditionally made a living by:

Preindustrial agriculture uses all of the following techniques except:

It is likely that difficult and dangerous conditions in the meat packing industry will soon result in new,strong government regulation of that industry.

The demand for beef in America rose dramatically in the stock boom of the 1920s.

Industrialism has led to increased equality among people worldwide.

The globalization of food has resulted in large increases in the wealth and power of:

The physical environment affects culture,but culture does not affect the physical environment.

What does it mean to say that horticulture is a "mixed subsistence strategy"?

The example of the Kayapo of the Xingu River Basin in South America shows that traditional people were often capable of destroying their own environments.

Name four characteristics of a foraging society.

In Musha,Egypt,wheat and cotton are among the most important crops.

Agriculture requires more capital investment than horticulture.

How is agriculture different from horticulture?

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A major characteristic of industrialism is that it:

Compare foraging,horticulture,and agriculture in terms of (a)technology,(b)main features of social organization,and (c)relation to population density and productivity.

Among the Maasai,pasture land is:

Yarahmadzai herders virtually never work for cash.

Describe the Maasai practice of "drought reserve."

What are the five basic subsistence strategies that anthropologists recognize?

The global food industry has led to increased poverty in rural America.

The peoples of the Great Sandy Desert in Australia traditionally made a living by:

Preindustrial agriculture uses all of the following techniques except:

It is likely that difficult and dangerous conditions in the meat packing industry will soon result in new,strong government regulation of that industry.

The demand for beef in America rose dramatically in the stock boom of the 1920s.

Industrialism has led to increased equality among people worldwide.

The globalization of food has resulted in large increases in the wealth and power of:

The physical environment affects culture,but culture does not affect the physical environment.

What does it mean to say that horticulture is a "mixed subsistence strategy"?

The example of the Kayapo of the Xingu River Basin in South America shows that traditional people were often capable of destroying their own environments.

Name four characteristics of a foraging society.

In Musha,Egypt,wheat and cotton are among the most important crops.

Agriculture requires more capital investment than horticulture.

How is agriculture different from horticulture?

Anthropology and Human Diversity

Doing Cultural Anthropology

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

Filters