What is the term for the form of cultivation involving clearing a plot of trees, planting crops for a year or two, and then abandoning the plot?
a. Dry land gardening
b. Shifting cultivation
c. Intensive cultivation
d. Plow agriculture
b
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The purple heart recipient sacrificed is best described as a _________ motivation
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
All of the following are reasons why language is being lost today in such great numbers except:
a. Nation-states often try to suppress linguistic diversity. b. Global trade favors more populous languages from more wealthy nations. c. Linguistic minorities are increasingly working to teach their languages to their children. d. It is more profitable and advantageous to speak languages that are numerically superior. e. A vast majority of media is conducted in a few languages.
The human capacity for culture has an evolutionary basis that extends back perhaps 3 million years. This date corresponds to
A. early toolmakers, whose products survive in the archaeological record. B. evidence of hunting and the use of fire to cook tough meats. C. the advent of anatomically modern primates. D. the earliest production of cave art found in South Africa. E. a genetic mutation that caused an increase in brain size and complexity.