Question 1

The high productivity and efficiency of the meat-packing industries is primarily made possible by cheap:

Accepted Answer

A) labor. 
B) land. 
C) communication networks. 
D) water resources. 
E) technology.

Question 2

The yield per person per unit of land is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) population density. 
B) labor input. 
C) Efficiency. 
D) productivity. 
E) subsistence.

Question 3

The central structure of traditional peasant agriculture is:

Accepted Answer

A) the farm cooperative. 
B) the church. 
C) the household. 
D) the bank. 
E) the government.

Question 4

Which of the following is the oldest form of human subsistence?

Accepted Answer

A) transhumant pastoralism 
B) horticulture 
C) agriculture 
D) foraging 
E) industrialism

Question 5

The key to the pastoralist economy is:

Accepted Answer

A) the availability of technology. 
B) the extent of grazing rights shared among all people. 
C) herd growth. 
D) agricultural crops. 
E) global markets.

Question 6

During the "hungry time," to what lengths do the Pintupi go in order to nourish weak individuals?

Accepted Answer

A) They go to government mission stations to get food. 
B) They begin to slaughter their own animals in order to provide to those in need. 
C) They feed them blood from stronger and healthier individuals. 
D) Some stronger members leave their groups in order to work in the cities for money. 
E) They eat leather and other animal products that are available.

Question 7

The main constraint on the Pintupi foragers of Australia is:

Accepted Answer

A) healthcare. 
B) shelter. 
C) animals. 
D) vegetables. 
E) water.

Question 8

What is the primary different between nomadic and transhumant pastoralism?

Accepted Answer

A) the amount of foraging practiced 
B) the types of money used for exchange 
C) the amount of direct competition that exists between pastoral and agricultural groups 
D) the types of animals that are herded 
E) the existence of permanent villages

Question 9

Most Inuit today now base their livelihoods solely on the cash economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Pastoralism is a self-sufficient and autonomous subsistence strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

How does horticulture differ from agriculture?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Subsistence strategies are defined best as:

Accepted Answer

A) ways that societies transform the material resources of the environment into food. 
B) ways that a society uses the environment to produce food surplus. 
C) food choices that each family in a society makes. 
D) inheritance that is passed from generation to generation. 
E) access to an environment and its food choices.

Question 13

What is a "peasant?"

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Question 14

Population densities among horticultural populations rarely exceed ________ people per square mile.

Accepted Answer

A) 150 
B) 10 
C) 75 
D) 50 
E) 5

Question 15

All of the following societies are classified as foraging societies except:

Accepted Answer

A) the Pintupi of Australia. 
B) the Yarahmadzai of Iran. 
C) the Inuit of the Arctic. 
D) the Gwich'in of Northwest Canada. 
E) the Aborigines of the Great Australian Desert.

Exam 5: Making a Living