Describe the ecosystemic collapse of Easter Island after settlement by seafaring Polynesians about 800 years ago
What will be an ideal response?
Polynesian seafarers settled, lands were deforested, rats brought by the colonizers overran the fragile ecosystem, the lands lost their productivity, climate change brought problems, and then Dutch settlers landed and introduced disease.
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The studies of the use of feminine language forms in Japanese indicate that
A women are starting to use more feminine forms in their speech. B younger women are using more masculine forms than older women. C there are no longer any differences between the language forms used by women and men. D older men are starting to use more feminine language forms than younger men. E lower middle class women use more masculine forms than women in other classes.
While two-thirds of burakumin report that they had not encountered discrimination, what evidence suggests that inequality persists?
A) Most burakumin live in segregated communities with high unemployment. B) Burakumin are only allowed to marry within their group. C) Education levels are particularly low among the burakumin. D) Subtle messages in the media depict burakumin as undesirable
It is hypothesized that some population of inhabitants from Indonesia was the first group to colonize Australia
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is not an element associated with the barrel model of culture?
a. Interstructure b. Social structure c. Infrastructure d. Superstructure e. Environment