Deforestation is a global concern. Forest loss can lead to increased greenhouse gas production, which contributes to global warming. The destruction of tropical forests is also a major factor in the loss of global biodiversity. The global scenarios of deforestation include all of the following EXCEPT
A. cash cropping.
B. urban expansion.
C. demographic pressure on subsistence economies.
D. the intensification of foraging lifestyles among communities that have retreated from the chaos of modern life.
E. commercial logging and road building.
Answer: D
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A) They had fully opposable thumbs. B) Their arms and legs were about the same length. C) They have two bones in their lower limb. D) Their feet have a distinctive arch.
Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage. According to Leach, marriage can-but doesn't always-accomplish each of the following EXCEPT
A. establish a socially significant "relationship of affinity" between spouses and their relatives. B. give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other. C. give either or both spouses rights over the other's property. D. give either or both spouses rights over the latent and manifest functions of the other. E. give either or both spouses rights to the labor of the other.
Cultural anthropologists link the modes of reproduction to __________
A) emics B) genetics C) diffusion D) the modes of livelihood
The geography of the Old World facilitated the diffusion of plants, animals, technology, and information.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)