Exam 17: Patterns of Subsistence

How does Ju/'hoansi social organization relate to the subsistence pattern of hunting and gathering? How is Ju/'hoansi society likely to change as the foraging way of life is eroded?

The largest poultry broiler processing plant in the U.S.is located in Detroit,Michigan.

Using Ann Kendall's applied work in Peru as an example,discuss what we can learn from our ancestors in terms of adaptation.

How does Ju/'hoansi food sharing help us understand the concepts of adaptation and ecosystem?

The Comanche and the Cheyenne were quite different culturally until they moved out onto the Great Plains and made use of the horse to hunt the buffalo and raid settled peoples.They then became more similar in cultural adaptations,a process called:

What were the sources of environmental destruction on Easter Island? How could this have been prevented?

Agribusiness is associated with all of the following except:

In the Americas,the crop complex that was most adaptive and typical was

What principle of evolution is best illustrated in the example of the changes that occurred to the Cheyenne when they moved out onto the Great Plains from the Great Lakes region?

Explain how the new subsistence strategies that have developed over the past few centuries have impacted culture,both positively and negatively.

What type of subsistence do we find among the Mekranoti? Discuss.

What is cultural evolution?

Critique the Western notion of "progress" from an anthropological viewpoint.

Which innovation is considered the beginning of the industrial revolution?

About 3 million people live by food foraging in the world today.

What challenges are associated with industrial food production?

Archaeologists have not been able to identify the first settlers of Easter Island.

Dart huntingWhich of the following is most likely to require cooperative hunting skills?

Compare and contrast convergent and parallel evolution,and provide an example of each.

What is horticulture,and how it is different from agriculture?