Melville Herskovits, who worked among East African pastoralists, contends “the cattle complex” refers to cattle as _____
a. status symbols, a food source, and a source of personal attachment
b. animal fetishes and a food source
c. animal psychoses
d. the “hamburger connection”
e. an animal honored by that society
ANSWER:
a
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a. state. b. band. c. chiefdom. d. tribe. e. nation.
What is the role of cotton in the agricultural communities of rural Greece?
A) It is an important cash crop. B) It is used to make warm clothing for the cold Greek nights. C) Cotton is the major food for the communities' sheep. D) Cotton is traded in an informal barter system with neighboring communities.
The term ________ refers to a former colony with large numbers of European colonists and sparser native populations
A. settler country B. nonsettler country C. mixed country D. postimperial country E. emergent country
What is the basic organization of communities among hunter-gatherers?
What will be an ideal response?