What is the relationship between power and the control, cultivation and supply of food in early agricultural societies?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Food is more than nourishment and can confer power and prestige
1) it can symbolize identity and generate rituals
2) the elites in societies usually demand more food because it ensures their security and shows off their wealth
a) by squandering their extra food, they show their power
3) leaders can buy allegiance with food
a) competitive feasting can generate huge increases in demand
b) feasting can be a powerful incentive to boost food production and storage, by force if necessary
c) it celebrates collective identity or cement relations with other communities
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A) building western railroads. B) Colorado industrial mining. C) staging Wild West shows. D) establishing schools to integrate Indians into white society.
According to the text, the New Testament
a. was written by historians of the caliber of Thucydides and Polybius. b. contains discrepancies, some non-historical legends, and polemics. c. was written between twenty-five and thirty-five years after the death of Jesus. d. was interpreted identically by all Christians. e. was written too early to be influenced by Greek philosophy.
Which of the following is true of "black laws" passed by many Midwestern states in the 1850s?
a. These laws prohibited gambling of any kind and imposed strict penalties against bookmakers. b. These laws prohibited African Americans from living within the border of such states. c. These laws prevented the return of runaway slaves to their southern owners. d. These laws provided financial incentives to free black laborers willing to become permanent residents.
Financing the Revolution was difficult for the American side because
A. the colonists' wealth had all been kept in London. B. Congress did not have the authority to impose taxes. C. bonds were not yet in use. D. the printing of paper money was illegal. E. foreign nations refused to loan money for the war effort.