The development of crop cultivation makes specialization of labor possible because:
a. there is little need for more technology.
b. group intelligence improves with a cereal-based diet.
c. more people can be freed to engage in an activity other than food production since farming is more efficientthan food collecting
d. the extra time generated by more efficient technology allows people to go to school and learn much morecomplex trades.
e. the trade that results from all forms of crop cultivation motivates societies to specialize in order to control themarket.
c
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a. objects found in the natural environment that were used by people but not made or altered by them. b. objects that have been made by people and are portable. c. objects that have been made by people but are not portable. d. objects found in the natural environment that were formed by natural occurrences such as exposure to greatheat or cold e. fossils that are embedded in natural stone.
Anthropologists should not select the research problem for study until after they arrive in the field
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
What do anthropologists mean when they refer to peasant economies?
A) people who are actively trying to break into the market economy B) groups that have a money-based, market economy but do not hold much wealth C) communities that are somewhat more commercialized than traditional subsistence economies D) societies that maintain their traditional subsistence economy
Blade-based technology is associated with the __________ Paleolithic
a. Early b. Middle c. Upper d. Australian