Based on Table 9.1 in your book, "Patterns in the Sexual Division of Labor," which of the following tasks would women not predominantly perform?
a. Tending to small animals
b. Gathering shellfish
c. Gathering fuel
d. Making rope
D
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Which of these statements best summarizes the relationship between the birth canal and brain size during the course of hominin evolution?
A. Natural selection has struck a balance between the structural demands of upright posture in bipedalism, which limits the expansion of the pelvic opening, and the tendency toward increased brain size. B. Brain size has become more important than bipedalism over the course of hominin evolution, and the pelvic opening has continually expanded to compensate for larger brains. C. The birth canal has become narrower throughout hominin evolution, even as brain size has continued to increase. D. Natural selection has favored a tendency toward decreased brain size and a reduction in the size of the pelvic opening throughout hominin evolution. E. The human pelvic opening has continually expanded to allow for increased brain size, but the upright posture of bipedalism has been unaffected by these structural changes.
Mound 72 at Cahokia in North America:
A. was a linear "ridgetop marker" mound that marked the edge of the site. B. was a charnel house located in a high-status residential area. C. contained at least six separate burial episodes involving at least 261 individuals. D. is the number designation for Monk's Mound.
In a society in which women control or own important resources, the postmarital residence pattern is likely to be:
a. neolocal. b. matrilocal. c. patrilocal. d. bilocal.
Which of the following was NOT one of the three leading causes of death in 2001 in low-HDI countries?
A. heart disease B. HIV/AIDS C. stroke D. respiratory infections