Which of the following is NOT one of the areas where food production was independently invented?
A. sub-Saharan Africa
B. the Indus Valley
C. the Middle East
D. the eastern United States
E. northern and southern China
Answer: B
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Why has it been difficult for paleoanthropologists to identify the "earliest" hominin species?
a. The fossil record for hominins between 10 and 6 million years ago has too many specimens to classify. b. No hominin finds date from 7 to 4.4 million years ago. c. Hominin fossils from the late Miocene are very fragmentary and show only slight differences from apes. d. There are no possible candidates still under analysis.
The Kaluli of Papua New Guinea currently number more than __________
a. 10,000 b. 500 c. 2,000 d. 100
Compare and contrast the various mechanisms of cultural change discussed in this chapter. In particular, to what extent does each model for change suggest that culture shapes human behavior or is shaped by human behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
What is the name of the political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time?
A. petty capitalism B. colonialism C. alienation D. apartheid E. industrialization