Techniques of intensive agriculture in pre-Columbian Mexico and the Andes included:
a. the use of horse-drawn plows.
b. long fallow periods to permit soil recovery.
c. shifting cultivation.
d. building raised fields in swamps and stepped terraces on hillsides.
D
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A) Decision-making about war is the most important kind of politics, and men have the most experience with warfare. B) Achieving a political position in most societies requires ambition, aggression, and strength—traits that are more pronounced in men than in women. C) Because of the hormonal changes associated with pregnancy and lactation, women are too emotional to make level-headed political decisions. D) Political life is closely associated with spirituality, and most cultures believe women to be too unclean for such high callings.
A state society is a type of headless society
a. True b. False
Why do anthropologists question the idea that present-day foragers can be compared to Paleolithic foragers?
A. Paleolithic foragers were prelinguistic. B. Paleolithic foragers were not Homo sapiens. C. The types of foraging vary so widely that few generalizations can be drawn. D. There are no present-day foragers. E. Present-day foragers have been in contact with food-producing and industrialized societies for long periods of time and all live within nation-states that inevitably affect their livelihood.
The Neandertal's average cranial capacity was larger than that of contemporary H. sapiens
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false