Most Trobriand Island villages are organized into nuclear families

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


ANS: F

Anthropology & Archaeology

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The caste system in India unites hundreds of distinct groupings into __________ varna, or large groups

a. four b. six c. seven d. nine

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What is the difference between foraging and food production?

A) Foraging uses only wild plants and animals, while food production cultivates and domesticates them. B) Food production depends only on plant foods, while foraging involves both plants and animals. C) Foraging allows for more control over processes like animal breeding and plant seeding. D) Food production requires a strict division of labor by gender, while foraging is rarely split by gender.

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During the last glaciation in Eurasia

a. human habitation was impossible. b. the entire area was permanently covered with ice-sheets. c. a warming trend at about 30,000 ya partially melted the glacial ice. d. hunting was impossible because there were no animals in the region. e. none of these is correct

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The limitations placed on the expansion of a given population by neighboring groups of people are referred to by Robert Carneiro as __________

A. geographic circumscription B. social hierarchy C. social circumscription D. belligerent conflict

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