The technology-transfer solution may not be the best solution to the problem of hunger in less developed countries because
a. many of the methods that work in industrialized countries with temperate climates do not work in thetropics
b. the capital for high-tech agricultural practices is not widely available in LDC.
c. the poorest farmers, who need the most, do not have the resources to use high-tech agricultural practices.
d. All of these are reasons that technology-transfer is not a viable solution for LDC.
d
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a. potatoes b. corn c. squash d. quinoa
Since all societies must maintain social order; they all have
a. legislatures. b. elected officials. c. mechanisms of social control. d. permanent armies. e. standing military.
Which of the following statements about the so-called "black skull" is NOT true?
A. The skull shows evidence of cold-weather adaptations. B. The skull has a sagittal crest. C. The skull combines relatively small overall size with large chewing dentition. D. Some scientists categorize the skull as belonging to a very early hyperrobust Paranthropus boisei. E. Some scientists assign the black skull its own species, Paranthropus aethiopicus.
The diffusionists focused their theory on:
a. the principle of evolution as the major explanatory reason for cultural variability. b. different levels of cultural borrowing to explain cultural diversity. c. inductive methodology. d. a general law to explain all aspects of human life. e. the idea of materialism and technology as the basis of cultural diversity.