The Garbage Project demonstrated which of the following about America's landfills?
a. Thanks to the recent public focus on recycling, only about 1% of our landfills' space is taken up by paper products.
b. Disposable diapers, plastic bottles, and large appliances together make up roughly 50% of a landfill's volume.
c. Very little in our landfills actually biodegrades; after 20 years, from 1/3 to 1/2 of all organic materials are still recognizable.
d. Organic material tends to biodegrade rapidly in our landfills, leaving abundant room for other types of garbage; contrary to popular opinion, space for landfills around large cities is in no danger of running out.
e. For the most part, America is a cleanly country.
c
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Which of the following statements about polygynous marriages is true?
A. They are characterized by there being more than one husband in a single household. B. They tend to occur in societies that have more men than women. C. They are associated with male infanticide. D. They frequently involve a hierarchical arrangement among the wives. E. They are characteristic of high social instability, as with serial monogamy in southern California and Washington, D.C.
Scientists on a dig have discovered a 2.5-million-year-old hominin fossil in Tanzania. Which species will this most likely represent?
A) A. africanus B) A. afarensis C) A. anamensis D) A. bahrelghazali
Transhumance is a form of
A. horticulture. B. pastoralism. C. foraging. D. agriculture. E. reciprocity.
Ethnoscience takes an extreme etic approach to analyzing culture
a. True b. False