Question 1

Once people have started gardening they never go back to dependence on hunting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Based on the diffused nature of the psyche in foraging and horticultural societies, if a man found out his wife had been unfaithful the wife's most likely response would be:

Accepted Answer

A)  "that was very thoughtless of me" 
B)  "I was being unfaithful to show you what it is like since you've been unfaithful to me" 
C)  "the spirits made me do it" 
D)  "I have intimacy issues" 
E)  "my mother was unfaithful and I guess I'm unconsciously following her" 
A)  "that was very thoughtless of me" 
B)  "I was being unfaithful to show you what it is like since you've been unfaithful to me" 
C)  "the spirits made me do it" 
D)  "I have intimacy issues" 
E)  "my mother was unfaithful and I guess I'm unconsciously following her" C

Question 3

Diffusion of domesticated plant and animal species is much slower and harder in an east/west movement than in a north/south movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The presence of strangers among foragers would not lead to

Accepted Answer

A)  hospitality 
B)  violence 
C)  superficial tolerance and civility 
D)  none of the above 
A)  hospitality 
B)  violence 
C)  superficial tolerance and civility 
D)  none of the above

Question 5

Compared to nomadic hunter-gatherers, gardeners have less clearly defined territories because food production is more reliable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Ancestor reverence is more likely among foraging societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In simple horticultural societies men's work status increased compared to hunting and gathering.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Gardening was independently invented in six different and unconnected locations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

O' Kelly and Carney point out that in horticultural societies economic relationships between brothers and sisters took priority over economic relations between spouses. Do you think it might be safer to organize your economic savings with your brothers and sisters rather than with a spouse? What are the pros and cons of doing so? Keep in mind that brothers and sisters rarely have "break-ups".

Accepted Answer

Organizing economic savings with sibling

Question 10

Once a society adapts to gardening, the process is irreversible because there is a linear relationship in social evolution moving from simplicity to complexity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Jared Diamond, the rate of diffusion of cultural invention depends on

Accepted Answer

A)  the shape of the continents 
B)  climatic variation 
C)  pristine natural resources 
D)  a, b and c 
E)  none of the above 
A)  the shape of the continents 
B)  climatic variation 
C)  pristine natural resources 
D)  a, b and c 
E)  none of the above

Question 12

In gardening societies the people most likely to be accused of witchcraft are

Accepted Answer

A)  family members 
B)  kin group members 
C)  neighbors 
D)  strangers 
E)  none of the above 
A)  family members 
B)  kin group members 
C)  neighbors 
D)  strangers 
E)  none of the above

Question 13

Horticulture was invented in ancient Western Asia and from there it spread to the rest of the continents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Of Lyn Lofland's three zones of private, parochial and public, the public realm did not exist in either hunter-gatherer or horticultural societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to Marvin Harris the emergence of "big men" in horticulture societies was an expression of

Accepted Answer

A)  Darwinian sexual selection 
B)  the beginning of the capitalist spirit 
C)  a way to organize the political economy more systematically 
D)  psychological compensation for a loss of status in work compared to being hunters 
A)  Darwinian sexual selection 
B)  the beginning of the capitalist spirit 
C)  a way to organize the political economy more systematically 
D)  psychological compensation for a loss of status in work compared to being hunters

Question 16

Collectivist selves have an external locus of control rather than an internal locus of control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Cultures switched from hunting to planting because:

Accepted Answer

A)  planting was easier work 
B)  planting provided people with more leisure time 
C)  planting was more egalitarian 
D)  a, b and c 
E)  none of the above 
A)  planting was easier work 
B)  planting provided people with more leisure time 
C)  planting was more egalitarian 
D)  a, b and c 
E)  none of the above

Question 18

What is similar in the transitions to diversified foraging and gardening?

Accepted Answer

A)  investment in improving nature's productivity of food. 
B)  moving down the food chain to resources that are less susceptible to depletion 
C)  an increase in the amount of space needed for each person 
D)  the abandonment of frenetic dancing 
E)  a and b
F) none of the above 
A)  investment in improving nature's productivity of food. 
B)  moving down the food chain to resources that are less susceptible to depletion 
C)  an increase in the amount of space needed for each person 
D)  the abandonment of frenetic dancing 
E)  a and b
F) none of the above

Question 19

Compared to nomadic egalitarian hunter-gatherers, people in simple horticultural societies were more interdependent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Gardening was invented in six different and unconnected locations because

Accepted Answer

A)  people naturally like to work with the soil 
B)  bouquets became an important status symbol at feasts 
C)  population pressure encouraged the intensification of land use 
D)  population growth depleted the availability of natural supplies of vegetable foods 
E)  people became tired of eating so much meat
F) farming is easier than hunting and gathering
G) c and d
H) a, b and f 
A)  people naturally like to work with the soil 
B)  bouquets became an important status symbol at feasts 
C)  population pressure encouraged the intensification of land use 
D)  population growth depleted the availability of natural supplies of vegetable foods 
E)  people became tired of eating so much meat
F) farming is easier than hunting and gathering
G) c and d
H) a, b and f

Once people have started gardening they never go back to dependence on hunting.

Based on the diffused nature of the psyche in foraging and horticultural societies, if a man found out his wife had been unfaithful the wife's most likely response would be:

Diffusion of domesticated plant and animal species is much slower and harder in an east/west movement than in a north/south movement.

The presence of strangers among foragers would not lead to

Compared to nomadic hunter-gatherers, gardeners have less clearly defined territories because food production is more reliable.

Ancestor reverence is more likely among foraging societies.

In simple horticultural societies men's work status increased compared to hunting and gathering.

Gardening was independently invented in six different and unconnected locations.

Once a society adapts to gardening, the process is irreversible because there is a linear relationship in social evolution moving from simplicity to complexity.

According to Jared Diamond, the rate of diffusion of cultural invention depends on

In gardening societies the people most likely to be accused of witchcraft are

Horticulture was invented in ancient Western Asia and from there it spread to the rest of the continents.

Of Lyn Lofland's three zones of private, parochial and public, the public realm did not exist in either hunter-gatherer or horticultural societies.

According to Marvin Harris the emergence of "big men" in horticulture societies was an expression of

Collectivist selves have an external locus of control rather than an internal locus of control.

Cultures switched from hunting to planting because:

What is similar in the transitions to diversified foraging and gardening?

Compared to nomadic egalitarian hunter-gatherers, people in simple horticultural societies were more interdependent.

Gardening was invented in six different and unconnected locations because

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Once people have started gardening they never go back to dependence on hunting.

Based on the diffused nature of the psyche in foraging and horticultural societies, if a man found out his wife had been unfaithful the wife's most likely response would be:

Diffusion of domesticated plant and animal species is much slower and harder in an east/west movement than in a north/south movement.

The presence of strangers among foragers would not lead to

Compared to nomadic hunter-gatherers, gardeners have less clearly defined territories because food production is more reliable.

Ancestor reverence is more likely among foraging societies.

In simple horticultural societies men's work status increased compared to hunting and gathering.

Gardening was independently invented in six different and unconnected locations.

Once a society adapts to gardening, the process is irreversible because there is a linear relationship in social evolution moving from simplicity to complexity.

According to Jared Diamond, the rate of diffusion of cultural invention depends on

In gardening societies the people most likely to be accused of witchcraft are

Horticulture was invented in ancient Western Asia and from there it spread to the rest of the continents.

Of Lyn Lofland's three zones of private, parochial and public, the public realm did not exist in either hunter-gatherer or horticultural societies.

According to Marvin Harris the emergence of "big men" in horticulture societies was an expression of

Collectivist selves have an external locus of control rather than an internal locus of control.

Cultures switched from hunting to planting because:

What is similar in the transitions to diversified foraging and gardening?

Compared to nomadic egalitarian hunter-gatherers, people in simple horticultural societies were more interdependent.

Gardening was invented in six different and unconnected locations because

History and Social Evolution

The Comparative World-Systems Approach

Biological Bases of Social Evolution

Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

World-Systems of Foragers

The Sacred Chiefs Part III State-Based Systems

The Temple and the Palace

Public Spaces, Self, and Cognitive Evolution in Early States

The Early Empires: Semiperipheral Conquerors and Capitalist City-States

The Central System Part IV-The Long Rise of Capitalism

The Long Rise of the West

The Modern World-System

The Early Modern Systems in the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The Global Nineteenth Century

Public Spaces, Individualism, and Cognition in the Modern Age

The Twentieth-Century Age of Extremes

The World-System Since 1945: Another Wave of Globalization, Hegemony, and Revolutions

Late Globalization: The Early Twenty-First Century

The Next Three Futures: Another Round of Us Hegemony, Global Collapse, or Global Democracy

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