Question 1

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  A society cannot exceed the carrying capacity of its environment. 
B)  A society cannot easily increase food production far beyond their carrying capacity. 
C)  A society can easily exceed its carrying capacity. 
D)  No environment has a fixed carrying capacity. 
E)  Societies usually stay far below their carrying capacities. 
A)  A society cannot exceed the carrying capacity of its environment. 
B)  A society cannot easily increase food production far beyond their carrying capacity. 
C)  A society can easily exceed its carrying capacity. 
D)  No environment has a fixed carrying capacity. 
E)  Societies usually stay far below their carrying capacities.

Question 2

Distinguish between the two types of pastoralism.

Accepted Answer

Nomadic pastoralists take adva

Question 3

Food production became important for humans approximately:

Accepted Answer

A)  1.2 million years ago. 
B)  450,000 years ago. 
C)  10,000 years ago. 
D)  4,200 years ago. 
E)  2,000 years ago 
A)  1.2 million years ago. 
B)  450,000 years ago. 
C)  10,000 years ago. 
D)  4,200 years ago. 
E)  2,000 years ago

Question 4

What is a locavore and what can we learn from the emergence of this new type of strategy?

Accepted Answer

It is a person who eats foods

Question 5

Horticulture refers to the type of farming that:

Accepted Answer

A)  relies on irrigation systems and fertilizers. 
B)  relies predominantly on hand tools for household consumption. 
C)  uses human and animal energy to bring high yields of crops. 
D)  produces a large surplus for market. 
E)  involves hired labor or cooperative fields. 
A)  relies on irrigation systems and fertilizers. 
B)  relies predominantly on hand tools for household consumption. 
C)  uses human and animal energy to bring high yields of crops. 
D)  produces a large surplus for market. 
E)  involves hired labor or cooperative fields.

Question 6

Clearly,hunter-gatherers are the "original affluent society."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Industrialized agriculture is associated with all of the following except which?

Accepted Answer

A)  It relies on technological sources of energy for production. 
B)  It relies on monocrop production - single crops produced on large acreages. 
C)  It has caused considerable environmental destruction. 
D)  It led to water pollution and soil contamination in some areas. 
E)  It has led to the flow of capital from wealthier nations to poorer ones. 
A)  It relies on technological sources of energy for production. 
B)  It relies on monocrop production - single crops produced on large acreages. 
C)  It has caused considerable environmental destruction. 
D)  It led to water pollution and soil contamination in some areas. 
E)  It has led to the flow of capital from wealthier nations to poorer ones.

Question 8

The Neolithic Revolution occurred about 5,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is shifting cultivation?

Accepted Answer

It is a food production pattern that inv

Question 10

How did the applied project of Susan Andreatta help fishermen in Carteret County,NC?

Accepted Answer

A)  It involved direct marketing to increase awareness of local fish and fishermen among the community so that they would buy locally. 
B)  It helped fishermen improve their technology so that they could fish in deeper waters and bring in more marketable fish. 
C)  It created a training program for local fishermen so that they could find non-fishing-related jobs in the local economy. 
D)  It supported fish-farming so that fishermen could provide fish to the market as demand increased. 
E)  It directed young people to professions other than fishing so that the cycle of poverty could be ended. 
A)  It involved direct marketing to increase awareness of local fish and fishermen among the community so that they would buy locally. 
B)  It helped fishermen improve their technology so that they could fish in deeper waters and bring in more marketable fish. 
C)  It created a training program for local fishermen so that they could find non-fishing-related jobs in the local economy. 
D)  It supported fish-farming so that fishermen could provide fish to the market as demand increased. 
E)  It directed young people to professions other than fishing so that the cycle of poverty could be ended.

Question 11

List five consequences of the change to food production.

Accepted Answer

It includes increase in popula

Question 12

The Maasai follow a watering schedule when they congregate seasonally at waterholes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which statement is true about traditional hunters and gatherers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They live in harsh environments on the verge of extinction and starvation. 
B)  They use primitive tools, which are generally non-functional. 
C)  They are sedentary subsistence farmers requiring annual relocation of the main house. 
D)  They depend closely on the natural environment for their subsistence strategy. 
E)  They survive on a limited range of food stuffs acquired only by trade. 
A)  They live in harsh environments on the verge of extinction and starvation. 
B)  They use primitive tools, which are generally non-functional. 
C)  They are sedentary subsistence farmers requiring annual relocation of the main house. 
D)  They depend closely on the natural environment for their subsistence strategy. 
E)  They survive on a limited range of food stuffs acquired only by trade.

Question 14

The technology of traditional hunter-gatherers is distinctive in that it:

Accepted Answer

A)  is able to harness extremely high levels of energy from a poor environment. 
B)  is predominantly based on manual tools fashioned from their natural environment. 
C)  requires high energy input from outside their habitat. 
D)  is so rudimentary that they struggle endlessly for mere subsistence. 
E)  is not adaptive to any particular environment, but is a form of broad-spectrum technology. 
A)  is able to harness extremely high levels of energy from a poor environment. 
B)  is predominantly based on manual tools fashioned from their natural environment. 
C)  requires high energy input from outside their habitat. 
D)  is so rudimentary that they struggle endlessly for mere subsistence. 
E)  is not adaptive to any particular environment, but is a form of broad-spectrum technology.

Question 15

What are some noticeable changes in food-getting strategies since the late eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture is largely commerc

Question 16

Peasants have played a very important historical role in the development of state societies.Why has this social class played such a central role in political and state affairs?

Accepted Answer

Peasants have played a central role in p

Question 17

The Neolithic Revolution:

Accepted Answer

A)  caused all societies which existed at that time to become shifting cultivators. 
B)  freed people from ties to the land. 
C)  gave humans a measure of control over their food supply. 
D)  caused food collecting societies to disappear. 
E)  made people much more migratory. 
A)  caused all societies which existed at that time to become shifting cultivators. 
B)  freed people from ties to the land. 
C)  gave humans a measure of control over their food supply. 
D)  caused food collecting societies to disappear. 
E)  made people much more migratory.

Question 18

Seed crops require more nutrients than root crops.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The carrying capacity of an environment:

Accepted Answer

A)  is the uppermost level of productivity that is ecologically sound in an environment. 
B)  is solely determined by its technology, which can make an environment artificially sound. 
C)  influences only foraging societies, although there are still realistic limits on all environments. 
D)  refers only to the amount of wild plants and animals in an area. 
E)  refers to the amount of humans that can be profitable settled in a given amount of space. 
A)  is the uppermost level of productivity that is ecologically sound in an environment. 
B)  is solely determined by its technology, which can make an environment artificially sound. 
C)  influences only foraging societies, although there are still realistic limits on all environments. 
D)  refers only to the amount of wild plants and animals in an area. 
E)  refers to the amount of humans that can be profitable settled in a given amount of space.

Question 20

People who practice horticulture:

Accepted Answer

A)  typically use irrigation systems. 
B)  must shift their homes when they shift their fields. 
C)  grow tree crops, seed crops, or root crops. 
D)  do not bother with a fallow period. 
E)  usually keep domesticated animals for beasts of burden. 
A)  typically use irrigation systems. 
B)  must shift their homes when they shift their fields. 
C)  grow tree crops, seed crops, or root crops. 
D)  do not bother with a fallow period. 
E)  usually keep domesticated animals for beasts of burden.

Which of the following statements is true?

Distinguish between the two types of pastoralism.

Food production became important for humans approximately:

What is a locavore and what can we learn from the emergence of this new type of strategy?

Horticulture refers to the type of farming that:

Clearly,hunter-gatherers are the "original affluent society."

Industrialized agriculture is associated with all of the following except which?

The Neolithic Revolution occurred about 5,000 years ago.

What is shifting cultivation?

How did the applied project of Susan Andreatta help fishermen in Carteret County,NC?

List five consequences of the change to food production.

The Maasai follow a watering schedule when they congregate seasonally at waterholes.

Which statement is true about traditional hunters and gatherers?

The technology of traditional hunter-gatherers is distinctive in that it:

What are some noticeable changes in food-getting strategies since the late eighteenth century?

Peasants have played a very important historical role in the development of state societies.Why has this social class played such a central role in political and state affairs?

The Neolithic Revolution:

Seed crops require more nutrients than root crops.

The carrying capacity of an environment:

People who practice horticulture:

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The Growth of Anthropological Theory

Methods in Cultural Anthropology

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Exam 7: Subsistence Patterns

Which of the following statements is true?

Distinguish between the two types of pastoralism.

Food production became important for humans approximately:

What is a locavore and what can we learn from the emergence of this new type of strategy?

Horticulture refers to the type of farming that:

Clearly,hunter-gatherers are the "original affluent society."

Industrialized agriculture is associated with all of the following except which?

The Neolithic Revolution occurred about 5,000 years ago.

What is shifting cultivation?

How did the applied project of Susan Andreatta help fishermen in Carteret County,NC?

List five consequences of the change to food production.

The Maasai follow a watering schedule when they congregate seasonally at waterholes.

Which statement is true about traditional hunters and gatherers?

The technology of traditional hunter-gatherers is distinctive in that it:

What are some noticeable changes in food-getting strategies since the late eighteenth century?

Peasants have played a very important historical role in the development of state societies.Why has this social class played such a central role in political and state affairs?

The Neolithic Revolution:

Seed crops require more nutrients than root crops.

The carrying capacity of an environment:

People who practice horticulture:

What is Anthropology?

The Concept of Culture

Applied Anthropology

The Growth of Anthropological Theory

Methods in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Economics

Marriage and the Family

Kinship and Descent

Sex and Gender

Social Stratification

Political Organization and Social Control

Supernatural Beliefs

Art

The Modern World Order, Global Challenges, and the Role of Applied Anthropology

Filters