What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
What will be an ideal response?
The idea that language influences the perceptions and thought patterns of those who speak it, and thus conditions their worldview
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Anthropologist Thomas Conelly found that when the rice yields from their swiddens dropped, the Philippine farmers of Palawan Island
A) left the land and migrated to the city. B) continued to practice horticulture with a greater variety of crops. C) began to clear primary forest to get more land for farming. D) turned to irrigation to get better yields, even though it required more labor. E) went back to hunting and gathering, because it required less labor.
Overweight individuals face employment discrimination
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Raw materials, labor, and technology are the productive resources used by all societies
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Deforestation is a global concern. Forest loss can lead to increased greenhouse gas production, which contributes to global warming. The destruction of tropical forests is also a major factor in the loss of global biodiversity. The global scenarios of deforestation include all of the following EXCEPT
A. cash cropping. B. urban expansion. C. demographic pressure on subsistence economies. D. the intensification of foraging lifestyles among communities that have retreated from the chaos of modern life. E. commercial logging and road building.