The ability to use cognitive skills to extract food and other resources by modifying the environment is referred to as __________

a. technical intelligence
b. social intelligence
c. intelligence quotient
d. ecological intelligence


Answer a

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We have ample reason to suppose war has become a problem only in the past _____years, since the invention of food-production techniques and especially centralized states

a. 5,000 b. 50,000 c. 10,000 d. 100,000 e. 150

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How certain are scientists whether or not Neandertals engaged in ritual behavior?

A) There are very convincing arguments for ritual behavior. B) There is no definitive evidence for ritual behavior at this time. C) Scientists have proof that Neandertals had ritual behavior. D) Scientists are certain that Neandertals were not capable of complex ritual behavior.

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In extremely patriarchal societies, __________ may be grounds for divorce

a. a wife's desire for a divorce b. a wife not producing a son c. mutual agreement for divorce d. a wife's family's request for their daughter's return

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