Name two major changes that have occurred to the Inuit people's subsistence strategy during the past few decades
What will be an ideal response?
Major changes are due to technological changes (snowmobiles) and also global warming.
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a. were healthier b. suffered declines in overall health c. suffered from fewer diseases d. suffered population declines
According to Stephen Jay Gould, “Wheels, like wings, fins, and brains, are exquisite devices for certain purposes, not signs of intrinsic superiority.” Which of the following statements about the use of the wheel in the Middle East is correct?
a. Wheels were never appropriate vehicles in the Middle East and were never used there? camels have been used as beasts of burden since before Biblical times. b. Wheels have always been used in the Middle East, as they are the most appropriate vehicle for traveling across deserts and were first invented there. c. Wheels were once widespread in the Middle East, but by the 6th century A.D., had been replaced by camels because the Roman roads had deteriorated and the camel was more suitable to the uneven terrain. d. Camels were once widespread throughout the Middle East during Biblical times, but as civilization advanced, were replaced by vehicles that made use of the wheel. e. Wheels were never introduced to the Middle East until the modern era. However, they were the first to use trains and other forms of rapid transportation.
As we enter the twenty-first century, artistic expression
A. has lost most of its effectiveness. B. within industrialized states is increasingly becoming more isolated and independent. C. finds itself intentionally avoiding the use of multiple expressive media in favor of employing only one medium. D. can be seen to be increasingly incorporating elements from many cultures into contemporary art and performance. E. is disappearing from our cultural repertoire.
Why is it hard to study the evolution of brain (re)organization?
a. brain organization does not fossilize well b. we do not know the ways brain reorganizations occur c. endocasts tell us nothing about brain organization d. there are no living animals to which to compare hominin brains