Materialists agree with the neoevolutionary perspective that increased energy captured by improvements in technology has generally made human life better
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Pastoralism produces approximately ten times more food per acre than farming
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The center and most important area of Tikal was:
a. the Solar Plaza b. the Temple of the Moon c. the Street of the Dead d. the Great Plaza
The ancient city of Ani was threatened and attacked numerous times. The only thing that forestalled the total destruction of the city after these attacks was its importance as a:
a. trade center b. religious hub c. political center d. warrior training facility
Kottak prefers the term sociopolitical organization to Morton Fried's term political organization in discussing the regulation or management of interrelations among groups and their representatives. This is because
A. Fried's definition is much less applicable to nonstates, in which it is often difficult to detect any public policy. B. sociopolitical is the term the founders of anthropology used to refer to the regulation or management of interrelations among groups and their representatives. C. the term sociopolitical is more politically correct. D. the term political refers only to contemporary Western states. E. anthropologists and political scientists have an interest in political systems and organization, but they cannot agree on the same terminology.