Anthropologists are more interested in patterns of behavior than in the behavior of individuals
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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To what did Kent Flannery (1969) refer with the term broad-spectrum revolution?
A. the period in which the first large states began to grow, although there was nothing actually "revolutionary" about it because this process occurred very gradually B. the period in which a wider range of tools was being fabricated, for both utilitarian and ritualistic purposes C. the period beginning around 15,000 B.P. in the Middle East and 12,000 B.P. in Europe, during which a wider range of plant and animal life was hunted, gathered, collected, caught, and fished D. the period between 20,000 B.P. and 10,000 B.P. when anatomically modern humans colonized the entire world, made possible by a smarter utilization of a wider range of environments E. the period in which Asia became the only place in the world with communities leading a sedentary life and engaging in food and animal domestication
The evolution of the modern horse with a single hoof on each limb from a dog-sized ancestral species with multiple digits is an example of:
a. macroevolution. c. disruptive selection. b. stabilizing selection. c. disruptive selection. d. microevolution.
What might explain the fact that agriculture spread more quickly in the Old World than in the New World?
A) It spread along a north-south axis in the New World, which required more time to adjust to various growing seasons. B) There was less contact between cultures in the New World, which means less trade and diffusion of ideas. C) The indigenous plants of the Old World were much heartier and withstood the transition to domestication better than those of the New World. D) The population was much bigger in the Old World, so agriculture was a more immediate necessity in that environment.
Which of the following is NOT a reason why class is important, according to global identity theorists?
a. Lower classes tend to fragment along ethnic lines and compete against each other. b. The power of states to “manufacture consent” declines as economic and political elites operate according to increasing transnational interests. c. Immigrants tend to remain closely linked to their home countries. d. In global popular culture, the world’s middle classes tend to eat food from the same restaurants, watch the same movies, and buy the same books and other consumer goods.