Which of the following statements about peasants is NOT true?
A. They all live in state-organized societies.
B. They owe rent to landlords.
C. They practice small-scale agriculture without modern technology such as chemical fertilizers and tractors.
D. They owe rent to the government.
E. They are not part of the world market.
Answer: E
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Currently most paleoanthropologists reject the genus and species Homo ergaster because
A) there are insufficient anatomical differences to justify two separate species B) two one million year old skulls discovered in Africa that seem to bridge the anatomical gap between Asian and African Homo erectus C) both Homo erectus and Homo ergaster share such traits as a sagittal keel D) the range of anatomical differences matches its geographic spread E) all of the above
How is modern historical Americanist archaeology different from its prehistoric counterpart?
a. Modern historical archaeology does not have a postprocessual slant to it, addressing humanistic and ideological concerns.
b. Historical archaeologists tend to study large-scale processes; the high degree of temporal resolution in historic sites often leads investigators to focus on specific events or individuals.
c. Because historical archaeology deals with the relatively recent past, and all the cultural, political, and ethical challenges therein, it is often emotionally charged.
d. Contemporary historical archaeology is not as diverse as the rest of American archaeology.
e. Unlike prehistorical archaeology, historical archaeology has changed due to the growing impact of cultural resource management.
Why is it important to study peasants?
a. They represent societies that are beginning to develop out of a primitive condition. b. They are the poorest people in the world. c. They always cause political revolution because they generate social unrest. d. They are the largest social category in the world. e. They are the primary source of labor throughout the capitalist world.
Beginning about 900,000 years ago, human fossils from Africa and Europe are placed within Homo
a. erectus b. habilis c. neanderthalensis d. antecessor e. heidelbergensis