Foragers do not alter their environments much compared with cultivators and herders
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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A policy of ethnic expulsion aims at removing from a country groups who are culturally different. There are many examples, including Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s; Uganda expelling 74,000 Asians in 1972; and so on. The neofascist parties of contemporary western Europe advocate the repatriation of immigrant workers. What is one of the potential consequences of such policies?
A. the creation of class consciousness B. the creation of refugees-people who have been forced or have chosen to flee a country to escape persecution or war C. the breakup of imaginary communes D. gender stratification E. state-mandated forced assimilation
What innovation from Upper Paleolithic culture had the most lasting importance for humans, both in the Old and New Worlds?
A) domestication of plants and animals B) social stratification and war C) big game hunting strategies D) the discovery of stone tools
Which of the following is an example of archival data?
A. field notes B. missionary reports C. contemporary ethnographic films D. historical analyses
When researchers tried to teach human language to chimpanzees and gorillas, they found that:
a. These animals were incapable of using language in ways that resembled those used by human beings. b. While these animals were able to master the use of verbs, they were unable to produce new words. c. There was very little difference between the linguistic capacities of humans and our nearest primate relations. d. Language skills were never masterfully demonstrated in the chimpanzees or gorillas. e. Language soon became as essential to the trained chimpanzees and gorillas as it is to humans.