Question 1

The market principle dominates in the economies of foraging societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Which of the following groups are not foragers?

Accepted Answer

A) Basseri (Iran) 
B) Australian aborigines 
C) Mbuti (Congo) 
D) Eskimos (Alaska and Canada) 
E) San (Kalahari Desert) 
A) Basseri (Iran) 
B) Australian aborigines 
C) Mbuti (Congo) 
D) Eskimos (Alaska and Canada) 
E) San (Kalahari Desert) A

Question 3

Although the productivity per area of agriculture is much greater, horticultural yields are more dependable in the long run.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Intensive agriculture has the benefit of increasing ecological diversity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

If rights to land are passed on through descent groups, what type of adaptive strategy is most likely?

Accepted Answer

A) Large-game hunting 
B) Nonindustrial food producing 
C) Reciprocal 
D) Foraging 
E) Redistribution 
A) Large-game hunting 
B) Nonindustrial food producing 
C) Reciprocal 
D) Foraging 
E) Redistribution

Question 6

According to Kottak, people in the Betsileo village of Ivato (Madagascar) felt that they already had all they needed because they produced, rather than bought, almost everything they used.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Paying taxes is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) generalized reciprocity. 
B) balanced reciprocity. 
C) the market principle. 
D) redistribution. 
E) negative reciprocity. 
A) generalized reciprocity. 
B) balanced reciprocity. 
C) the market principle. 
D) redistribution. 
E) negative reciprocity.

Question 8

In what sense are nonindustrial economies embedded in society?

Accepted Answer

A) Nonindustrial producers do not partake in the results of their labor. 
B) Nonindustrial economies have little to do with the everyday lives of people. 
C) Relations of production, distribution, and consumption are social relations with economic aspects. 
D) Most nonindustrial economies are strictly regulated by a government. 
E) Most economic activity takes place far from home. 
A) Nonindustrial producers do not partake in the results of their labor. 
B) Nonindustrial economies have little to do with the everyday lives of people. 
C) Relations of production, distribution, and consumption are social relations with economic aspects. 
D) Most nonindustrial economies are strictly regulated by a government. 
E) Most economic activity takes place far from home.

Question 9

The term alienation is used to describe what phenomenon in industrial economies?

Accepted Answer

A) Peasants' loss of land 
B) An increasing subculture of poverty 
C) Negative reciprocity 
D) The separation of workers from the things they produce 
E) The great distances that separate the homes and workplaces of most people 
A) Peasants' loss of land 
B) An increasing subculture of poverty 
C) Negative reciprocity 
D) The separation of workers from the things they produce 
E) The great distances that separate the homes and workplaces of most people

Question 10

Which of the following statements about shifting cultivation is true?

Accepted Answer

A) It typically involves the use of draft animals. 
B) It cannot support permanent villages. 
C) It requires irrigation. 
D) It requires cultivators to let exhausted plots of land lie fallow for several years. 
E) It relies extensively on chemical fertilizers. 
A) It typically involves the use of draft animals. 
B) It cannot support permanent villages. 
C) It requires irrigation. 
D) It requires cultivators to let exhausted plots of land lie fallow for several years. 
E) It relies extensively on chemical fertilizers.

Question 11

A mode of production is a way of organizing production, whereas the means of production include land, labor, and technology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Pastoralists are specialized herders whose subsistence strategies are focused on domesticated animals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Contrast generalized, balanced, and negative reciprocity.How does negative reciprocity differ from the market principle?

Accepted Answer

Generalized reciprocity refers to the ex

Question 14

Unlike foraging and cultivation, which existed throughout the world before the Industrial Revolution, pastoralism was confined to North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

How has the Betsileo of Madagascar view of money changed since Kottak first visited them?

Accepted Answer

A) They formerly used shells for money but now use coins. 
B) They did not formerly have a concept of money, but now they have a full economic system. 
C) They formerly felt they had everything they needed, but now many people desire cash. 
D) They formerly relied on the national government for cash payouts but are now self-sufficient. 
E) They formerly wanted money for luxuries but now also need money for food. 
A) They formerly used shells for money but now use coins. 
B) They did not formerly have a concept of money, but now they have a full economic system. 
C) They formerly felt they had everything they needed, but now many people desire cash. 
D) They formerly relied on the national government for cash payouts but are now self-sufficient. 
E) They formerly wanted money for luxuries but now also need money for food.

Question 16

When a tenant farmer gives 20 percent of his crop to his landlord, he is allocating resources to a

Accepted Answer

A) social fund. 
B) subsistence fund. 
C) ceremonial fund. 
D) replacement fund. 
E) rent fund. 
A) social fund. 
B) subsistence fund. 
C) ceremonial fund. 
D) replacement fund. 
E) rent fund.

Question 17

In order to intensify production, agriculturalists frequently build irrigation canals and terraces.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Means of production include

Accepted Answer

A) foraging, horticulture, agriculture, and pastoralism. 
B) the market principle, redistribution, and reciprocity. 
C) generalized, balanced, and negative reciprocity. 
D) kinship, descent, and marriage. 
E) land, labor, and technology. 
A) foraging, horticulture, agriculture, and pastoralism. 
B) the market principle, redistribution, and reciprocity. 
C) generalized, balanced, and negative reciprocity. 
D) kinship, descent, and marriage. 
E) land, labor, and technology.

Question 19

All humans were foragers until approximately

Accepted Answer

A) 10 million years ago. 
B) 1 million years ago. 
C) 100,000 years ago. 
D) 10,000 years ago. 
E) 1,000 years ago. 
A) 10 million years ago. 
B) 1 million years ago. 
C) 100,000 years ago. 
D) 10,000 years ago. 
E) 1,000 years ago.

Question 20

Transhumance is a form of

Accepted Answer

A) horticulture. 
B) pastoralism. 
C) foraging. 
D) agriculture. 
E) reciprocity. 
A) horticulture. 
B) pastoralism. 
C) foraging. 
D) agriculture. 
E) reciprocity.

The market principle dominates in the economies of foraging societies.

Which of the following groups are not foragers?

Although the productivity per area of agriculture is much greater, horticultural yields are more dependable in the long run.

Intensive agriculture has the benefit of increasing ecological diversity.

If rights to land are passed on through descent groups, what type of adaptive strategy is most likely?

According to Kottak, people in the Betsileo village of Ivato (Madagascar) felt that they already had all they needed because they produced, rather than bought, almost everything they used.

Paying taxes is an example of

In what sense are nonindustrial economies embedded in society?

The term alienation is used to describe what phenomenon in industrial economies?

Which of the following statements about shifting cultivation is true?

A mode of production is a way of organizing production, whereas the means of production include land, labor, and technology.

Pastoralists are specialized herders whose subsistence strategies are focused on domesticated animals.

Contrast generalized, balanced, and negative reciprocity.How does negative reciprocity differ from the market principle?

Unlike foraging and cultivation, which existed throughout the world before the Industrial Revolution, pastoralism was confined to North America.

How has the Betsileo of Madagascar view of money changed since Kottak first visited them?

When a tenant farmer gives 20 percent of his crop to his landlord, he is allocating resources to a

In order to intensify production, agriculturalists frequently build irrigation canals and terraces.

Means of production include

All humans were foragers until approximately

Transhumance is a form of

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Exam 5: Making a Living

The market principle dominates in the economies of foraging societies.

Which of the following groups are not foragers?

Although the productivity per area of agriculture is much greater, horticultural yields are more dependable in the long run.

Intensive agriculture has the benefit of increasing ecological diversity.

If rights to land are passed on through descent groups, what type of adaptive strategy is most likely?

According to Kottak, people in the Betsileo village of Ivato (Madagascar) felt that they already had all they needed because they produced, rather than bought, almost everything they used.

Paying taxes is an example of

In what sense are nonindustrial economies embedded in society?

The term alienation is used to describe what phenomenon in industrial economies?

Which of the following statements about shifting cultivation is true?

A mode of production is a way of organizing production, whereas the means of production include land, labor, and technology.

Pastoralists are specialized herders whose subsistence strategies are focused on domesticated animals.

Contrast generalized, balanced, and negative reciprocity.How does negative reciprocity differ from the market principle?

Unlike foraging and cultivation, which existed throughout the world before the Industrial Revolution, pastoralism was confined to North America.

How has the Betsileo of Madagascar view of money changed since Kottak first visited them?

When a tenant farmer gives 20 percent of his crop to his landlord, he is allocating resources to a

In order to intensify production, agriculturalists frequently build irrigation canals and terraces.

Means of production include

All humans were foragers until approximately

Transhumance is a form of

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Language and Communication

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters