There were at least three independent centers of domestication in the New World.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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The following statements about land are made by people who belong to food-foraging, horticultural, pastoralist, intensive agriculturalist, and industrial societies. Which statement is most likely to be made by horticulturalists from a tributary system of land ownership in West Africa?
a. “The land of my people is the land around Spirit Lake, where my ancestors emerged and where we hold annual ceremonies.” b. “I gave the land to my brother’s son, who distributed it among his sons, for which they pay me ten days’ work a year. When the eldest son died, I gave his land to my cousin, who needs more land for his growing family.” c. “I paid ten grand for that parcel of land in the desert, and expect it to double in value in the next five years.” d. “In the summer, we go to our land in the mountains, and in the winter, we pass through the land corridor to the east, using the water holes and meadows for grass until we reach the summer pastures.” e. “I inherited five acres of land from my mother, as well as the rights to use the water from the river three days a week.”
Which of the following phrases is from the definition of culture used in the text?
A) "that complex whole" B) "total socially acquired life-way" C) "patterned repetitive ways of thinking, feeling, and acting" D) "learned and shared behavior and beliefs"
All of the following are secondary sexual characteristics among male orangutans except:
a. wide cheek pads b. brightly colored hair on the body and face c. a well-developed throat sac for long calls d. development of color vision
Franz Boas argued that the discipline of anthropology needed
a. the careful collection of empirical data on as many specific cultures as possible. b. the development of complex theory to guide fieldworkers. c. theory that clarified how contact with other people was the single most important factor in shaping any society's culture. d. theory that emphasized the environment as the single factor determining a culture. e. theory that focused on geography as the major cause of cultural complexity.