What is the anthropological meaning of the term peasants?
a. Rural people who live by a combination of subsistence agriculture and market sale
b. People who do not own the land that they work
c. Uneducated rural people who are wards of the state
d. None of these is the definition of peasants.
a
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How does bipedal locomotion compare to the quadrupedal movement of chimpanzees?
A) It is faster for short spurts. B) It is more efficient over long distances. C) It uses far more energy. D) It allows the body to carry more weight.
Regarding human capacity for culture, anthropologists agree that
A. although an individual's genetic endowment does not affect that person's ability to learn cultural traditions, it does affect his or her capacity to change culture creatively. B. although women and men both share the emotional and intellectual capacities for culture, at the population level there is less variability in these capacities among men than among women. C. both mental abilities and mental disabilities are evenly distributed among individuals of all cultures. D. although individuals differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, all human populations have equivalent capacities for culture. E. because human populations differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, the ability to learn culture differs among societies.
When nations become more tied to the world economy, indigenous forms of social organization inevitably break down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The levels of greenhouse gases are at their highest since the start of the industrial period
a. True b. False