Question 1

Which of the following statements about agriculturalists is true?

Accepted Answer

A) They clear tracts of land they wish to use by cutting down trees and setting fire to the grass. 
B) They generally work less than horticulturalists. 
C) They must be nomadic to take full advantage of their land. 
D) They use their land intensively and continuously. 
E) Their diet is more varied than that of horticulturalists. 
A) They clear tracts of land they wish to use by cutting down trees and setting fire to the grass. 
B) They generally work less than horticulturalists. 
C) They must be nomadic to take full advantage of their land. 
D) They use their land intensively and continuously. 
E) Their diet is more varied than that of horticulturalists.

Question 2

What term refers to the type of pastoral economy in which the entire group moves with the animals throughout the year?

Accepted Answer

A) Nomadism 
B) Migration 
C) Transhumance 
D) Potlatching 
E) Redistribution 
A) Nomadism 
B) Migration 
C) Transhumance 
D) Potlatching 
E) Redistribution

Question 3

When an individual gives something to someone else but expects nothing in return, this is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) balanced reciprocity. 
B) positive reciprocity. 
C) negative reciprocity. 
D) specialized reciprocity. 
E) generalized reciprocity. 
A) balanced reciprocity. 
B) positive reciprocity. 
C) negative reciprocity. 
D) specialized reciprocity. 
E) generalized reciprocity.

Question 4

Which of the following is not associated with the market principle?

Accepted Answer

A) Profit motive 
B) The law of supply and demand 
C) Fixed values for products 
D) Bargaining 
E) Industrialism 
A) Profit motive 
B) The law of supply and demand 
C) Fixed values for products 
D) Bargaining 
E) Industrialism

Question 5

Which of the following is found in all human societies?

Accepted Answer

A) Gender-based division of labor 
B) Transhumance 
C) Highly specialized technology 
D) Domestication of animals for food 
E) Terracing 
A) Gender-based division of labor 
B) Transhumance 
C) Highly specialized technology 
D) Domestication of animals for food 
E) Terracing

Question 6

Which of the following is a characteristic of most foraging societies?

Accepted Answer

A) Social stratification 
B) Sedentism 
C) Egalitarianism 
D) Irrigation 
E) Large populations 
A) Social stratification 
B) Sedentism 
C) Egalitarianism 
D) Irrigation 
E) Large populations

Question 7

An obligatory interaction between groups or organisms that is beneficial to each is known as

Accepted Answer

A) cultivation. 
B) swiddening. 
C) fallowing. 
D) symbiosis. 
E) transhumance. 
A) cultivation. 
B) swiddening. 
C) fallowing. 
D) symbiosis. 
E) transhumance.

Question 8

What is an adaptive strategy? Identify the five adaptive strategies in Cohen's typology of societies.Discuss how Cohen links economy and social features.

Accepted Answer

An adaptive strategy refers to the way i

Question 9

Through potlatching, food and wealth were transferred from wealthy to needy communities, while potlatch sponsors and their villages were rewarded with prestige.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is alienation? Under what conditions is alienation more likely to occur? Less likely to occur? Why?

Accepted Answer

Alienation refers to the feeling of bein

Question 11

Do people in all societies maximize? What do they maximize? Do anthropologists believe that maximization is a cultural universal? What do you think? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The concept of maximization varies acros

Question 12

With transhumance, the entire group moves with the animals throughout the year.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is a potlatch?

Accepted Answer

A) A festive event where the sponsors give away gifts and gain prestige in return 
B) A fastening device for the first pottery to keep animals out of the food 
C) A harvest festival in agricultural cultures 
D) A lock for the outhouse that is shaped like a pot 
E) A rite of intensification to solidify group bonds 
A) A festive event where the sponsors give away gifts and gain prestige in return 
B) A fastening device for the first pottery to keep animals out of the food 
C) A harvest festival in agricultural cultures 
D) A lock for the outhouse that is shaped like a pot 
E) A rite of intensification to solidify group bonds

Question 14

Noam Chomsky used the term adaptive strategy to describe a society's system of economic production.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is a mode of production?

Accepted Answer

A) A postindustrial adaptive strategy, such as commercial agriculture and international mercantilism 
B) The land, labor, and technology used in production 
C) The way production is organized in a society 
D) Technology used to produce consumer goods 
E) The cultural aspects of an economy, such as changing fashions in the textile and clothing industry 
A) A postindustrial adaptive strategy, such as commercial agriculture and international mercantilism 
B) The land, labor, and technology used in production 
C) The way production is organized in a society 
D) Technology used to produce consumer goods 
E) The cultural aspects of an economy, such as changing fashions in the textile and clothing industry

Question 16

The market principle, redistribution, and reciprocity are examples of adaptive strategies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

When the author began researching among the Betsileo in Madagascar, why did the villagers run away from him?

Accepted Answer

A) He was associated with the schoolteachers, whom no one trusted. 
B) He was traveling with his wife, and no one would talk to a woman. 
C) They were afraid that he was working for the national government to take away their land. 
D) They were afraid that if he took pictures of them, it would capture their souls. 
E) They thought he was a vampire. 
A) He was associated with the schoolteachers, whom no one trusted. 
B) He was traveling with his wife, and no one would talk to a woman. 
C) They were afraid that he was working for the national government to take away their land. 
D) They were afraid that if he took pictures of them, it would capture their souls. 
E) They thought he was a vampire.

Question 18

Agriculturalists often make use of the labor and manure of domesticated animals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

With generalized reciprocity, the individuals participating in an exchange usually do not know each other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Societies with the same adaptive strategy also tend to have comparable modes of production.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following statements about agriculturalists is true?

What term refers to the type of pastoral economy in which the entire group moves with the animals throughout the year?

When an individual gives something to someone else but expects nothing in return, this is an example of

Which of the following is not associated with the market principle?

Which of the following is found in all human societies?

Which of the following is a characteristic of most foraging societies?

An obligatory interaction between groups or organisms that is beneficial to each is known as

What is an adaptive strategy? Identify the five adaptive strategies in Cohen's typology of societies.Discuss how Cohen links economy and social features.

Through potlatching, food and wealth were transferred from wealthy to needy communities, while potlatch sponsors and their villages were rewarded with prestige.

What is alienation? Under what conditions is alienation more likely to occur? Less likely to occur? Why?

Do people in all societies maximize? What do they maximize? Do anthropologists believe that maximization is a cultural universal? What do you think? Explain your answer.

With transhumance, the entire group moves with the animals throughout the year.

What is a potlatch?

Noam Chomsky used the term adaptive strategy to describe a society's system of economic production.

What is a mode of production?

The market principle, redistribution, and reciprocity are examples of adaptive strategies.

When the author began researching among the Betsileo in Madagascar, why did the villagers run away from him?

Agriculturalists often make use of the labor and manure of domesticated animals.

With generalized reciprocity, the individuals participating in an exchange usually do not know each other.

Societies with the same adaptive strategy also tend to have comparable modes of production.

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Doing Anthropology

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Exam 5: Making a Living

Which of the following statements about agriculturalists is true?

What term refers to the type of pastoral economy in which the entire group moves with the animals throughout the year?

When an individual gives something to someone else but expects nothing in return, this is an example of

Which of the following is not associated with the market principle?

Which of the following is found in all human societies?

Which of the following is a characteristic of most foraging societies?

An obligatory interaction between groups or organisms that is beneficial to each is known as

What is an adaptive strategy? Identify the five adaptive strategies in Cohen's typology of societies.Discuss how Cohen links economy and social features.

Through potlatching, food and wealth were transferred from wealthy to needy communities, while potlatch sponsors and their villages were rewarded with prestige.

What is alienation? Under what conditions is alienation more likely to occur? Less likely to occur? Why?

Do people in all societies maximize? What do they maximize? Do anthropologists believe that maximization is a cultural universal? What do you think? Explain your answer.

With transhumance, the entire group moves with the animals throughout the year.

What is a potlatch?

Noam Chomsky used the term adaptive strategy to describe a society's system of economic production.

What is a mode of production?

The market principle, redistribution, and reciprocity are examples of adaptive strategies.

When the author began researching among the Betsileo in Madagascar, why did the villagers run away from him?

Agriculturalists often make use of the labor and manure of domesticated animals.

With generalized reciprocity, the individuals participating in an exchange usually do not know each other.

Societies with the same adaptive strategy also tend to have comparable modes of production.

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