What factors limit slash and burn agriculture?
a) It is efficient only in temperate zones.
b) It is efficient only in places with heavy rainfall.
c) It is efficient only when population levels are constant.
d) It is efficient only with appropriate forms of technology.
ANS: C
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a. Playing flutes at night among the BaMbuti b. Navajo curing ceremonies c. Voudon drumming at temples d. Incising designs on pottery among the Osage
The radiocarbon dating technique was discovered by
a. Nels Nelson. b. Oscar Montelius. c. A. E. Douglas. d. Willard Libby. e. University of Arizona
The AAA disapproves of the Human Terrain System because
A. it forces archaeologists to excavate areas that are not in danger of destruction and have no impact on current research questions. B. it places anthropologists in positions that would violate the AAA code of ethics. C. the AAA would like research to remain focused on American subcultures. D. the program, aimed at using land more effectively for farming, does not consider the needs of the local populations. E. the AAA believes the military should make decisions about which research projects should be funded.
Colonialism undermined women's status in non-Western societies in all of the following ways EXCEPT __________
a. Europeans tended to ignore female leaders in favor of male leaders b. the growth of trade with Europeans tended to strengthen male economic positions c. missionaries altered attitudes about the appropriate roles of men and women d. it did not as native women refused to speak with the colonists