Exam 11: Subsistence and Exchange

In some societies conspicuous consumption is connected to the idea of prestige and status. That is, consuming goods and products, buying things and more things, is often a way North Americans attempt to impress others. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages that might be related to conspicuous consumption.

The control of resources is characteristic of all societies. Historically natural resources such as land and water (obvious necessities) have been central in framing disputes over who controls these resources and who has access to them. Over the past decade anthropologists have become more concerned with conflicts arising over the access and privilege to water. Discuss arguments for and against privatizing an essential component to human life.

In human cultures, there is most often a division of labor by _______________ and _______________.

Originally, the Comanche were:

Which of the following statements is not true?

A functioning whole, composed of both the natural environment and all the organisms living within it, is called:

All pastoralists are dependent on agricultural groups.

Taxes are a form of:

Consider slash-and-burn cultivation. Once thought to be environmentally destructive and unable to produce enough food, many are now turning to this farming practice. How is this technique ecologically sound? What social and economic changes would you expect to find in societies that change their mode of subsistence?

The cargo system found in Maya Indian villages and towns in highland Guatemala is an example of a:

What is the primary goal of Kula ring partners?

Work that involves all members of a community is referred to as ___________________________.

In primarily what geographic areas of the world do we find contemporary foragers?

When there are similar cultural adaptations to similar environmental conditions achieved by people whose ancestral cultures were already somewhat alike, it is called __________________________.

The _______________ are pastoralists in Bolivia who tend llamas.

_________________________ is a complex of ideas, activities, and technologies that enable humans to survive and even thrive.

The number and kinds of tools a society uses is its _______________.

Food foragers practice a form of resource allocation.

"Hard bargaining" is an example of:

The example of how the Cheyenne and Comanche Indians developed similar cultural adaptations in similar environments is an example of ________________.