Question 1

Pastoralism is defined as

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A)  food production involving the domestication of animals. 
B)  food production involving permanent cultivation of the land. 
C)  food production involving the mechanization of animal slaughter. 
D)  food production involving the domestication of plants. 
A)  food production involving the domestication of animals. 
B)  food production involving permanent cultivation of the land. 
C)  food production involving the mechanization of animal slaughter. 
D)  food production involving the domestication of plants.

Question 2

Why was European colonialism such an important component of the development of the global economic system? Why was Columbus's voyage to the New World tied to the trade network occurring in the Old World? Explain how the discovery of gold and silver in the New World and colonization facilitated Europe's participation in the Old World trade network.

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Students should discuss that Columbus so

Question 3

One of the distinct differences in the carrying capacity found in industrial agriculture and that of simpler subsistence strategies-hunter-gatherers,pastoralism,horticulture,and low-intensity agriculture-is that the latter are

Accepted Answer

A)  locally limited. 
B)  cheaper to maintain. 
C)  more readily subject to environmental changes. 
D)  not easily applied to larger populations. 
A)  locally limited. 
B)  cheaper to maintain. 
C)  more readily subject to environmental changes. 
D)  not easily applied to larger populations.

Question 4

Which of the following does the author identify as a success the global economy has achieved in the past 60 years?

Accepted Answer

A)  School enrollments have more than doubled across the globe. 
B)  Infant mortality rates have dropped by more than 60 percent. 
C)  A reduction in poverty has meant fewer than one million people across the globe go hungry each day. 
D)  Life expectancy in the past century has risen by 50 percent to 78 years. 
A)  School enrollments have more than doubled across the globe. 
B)  Infant mortality rates have dropped by more than 60 percent. 
C)  A reduction in poverty has meant fewer than one million people across the globe go hungry each day. 
D)  Life expectancy in the past century has risen by 50 percent to 78 years.

Question 5

Industrial agriculture has raised a number of challenges but as a form of farming has also increased the total carrying capacity in part because it

Accepted Answer

A)  provides a far more efficient means of raising crops. 
B)  has resulted in significantly lower disease rates. 
C)  can support larger human settlements. 
D)  employs far more people to work the land. 
A)  provides a far more efficient means of raising crops. 
B)  has resulted in significantly lower disease rates. 
C)  can support larger human settlements. 
D)  employs far more people to work the land.

Pastoralism is defined as

One of the distinct differences in the carrying capacity found in industrial agriculture and that of simpler subsistence strategies-hunter-gatherers,pastoralism,horticulture,and low-intensity agriculture-is that the latter are

Which of the following does the author identify as a success the global economy has achieved in the past 60 years?

Industrial agriculture has raised a number of challenges but as a form of farming has also increased the total carrying capacity in part because it

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Pastoralism is defined as

One of the distinct differences in the carrying capacity found in industrial agriculture and that of simpler subsistence strategies-hunter-gatherers,pastoralism,horticulture,and low-intensity agriculture-is that the latter are

Which of the following does the author identify as a success the global economy has achieved in the past 60 years?

Industrial agriculture has raised a number of challenges but as a form of farming has also increased the total carrying capacity in part because it

Anthropology in a Global Age

Culture

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

Race and Racism

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Gender

Sexuality

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

Politics and Power

Religion

Health and Illness

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