Before they began migrating to settlement areas for work on rubber plantations, the Mundurucu of the Amazon relied mainly on which mode of livelihood?
A) foraging
B) horticulture
C) pastoralism
D) agriculture
Answer: B
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Which of the following statements is correct? a. Biological change in a species requires many generations
b. Cultural change is almost always slower than biological change. c. All cultural changes correspond to biological changes. d. Within the same species, there are no group biological changes.
According to Marx, classes are
A. opposed to one another based on conflicting economic interests. B. desirable, because they perform tasks necessary to the survival of society. C. based more on notions of prestige and morality than on actual economic differences. D. part of the original, preindustrial social system of humans. E. not important to an understanding of history.
Ethnographic evidence has revealed that traditionally, Pawnee women worked wood, and among the Hidatsa, women made boats. Cases such as these suggest that
A. exceptions to cross-cultural generalization are actually the rule. B. biology has nothing to do with gender roles. C. anthropologists are overly optimistic about finding a society with perfect gender equality. D. patterns of division of labor by gender are culturally general-not universal. E. the division of labor by gender is a natural characteristic of human societies.
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
annualceremonies.". b. "I gave the land to my brother's son, who distributed it among his sons, for which they pay me ten days' work ayear. 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 theeast, 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 aweek.".