What form of horticulture involves working the land for a short time, then leaving it idle for a few years?

A) permanent cultivation
B) monocropping
C) cash cropping
D) shifting cultivation


D) shifting cultivation

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Bertram marries someone from outside his cultural group. Which anthropological term best describes this situation?

ethnocentrism exogamy endogamy enculturation

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The strong emphasis on fieldwork in American anthropology traces its origins to the teachings of which of the following?

a. Socrates b. Martin Luther King, Jr. c. Franz Boas d. Ferdinand deSaussure

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The first step for a Kiowa man to rise through the ranking system was:

a) to marry. b) to go on a private spiritual journey. c) to acquire horses. d) to acquire feathered headdresses.

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You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1970) by James Spradley is an example of a(n) __________ ethnography

a. Critical b. Postmodernist c. Collaborative and engaged d. Ethnological e. Reflectionist

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