Today, the term “peasants” is considered far more accurate to define an agricultural way of life than the word “farmer.”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of these statements about Jericho is NOT true?
A. "Jericho is located in Israel." B. "Jericho has a series of shrines decorated with bull motifs." C. "Jericho was first settled by the Natufians." D. "After 9000 B.P., the inhabitants of Jericho buried their dead beneath their house floors." E. "Jericho had a large tower and a city wall."
In this chapter we learn that the most complete explanation of primary state formation is
A. the development of a four-level hierarchy composed of peasant villages, subchiefdoms, chiefdoms, and capital cities. B. a biocultural approach such as Kent Flannery's broad-spectrum theory of state formation. C. a multivariate approach such as Carneiro's theory of state formation. D. a prime-mover explanation based on irrigation. E. a set of nine ecological and social factors determining the evolution of social stratification.
The Archaeological Resources Protection Act was passed to:
A. move artifacts that were subject to environmental destruction to a safer environment. B. give the president power to create national monuments on government property. C. return items to lineal descendants. D. preserve materials on public and Indian lands. E. punish individuals caught looting and damaging national monuments.