The technology of hunter-gatherers is distinctive in that it
A) requires high energy input from outside their habitat.
B) is so rudimentary that hunter-gatherers struggle endlessly for mere subsistence.
C) is nonexistent; hunter-gatherers do not depend on technology.
D) is limited in energy capture, but requires much knowledge about the environment.
E) is able to harness high levels of energy from a poor environment.
D
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Susan Montague and Robert Morais (1981) argue that Americans appreciate football because it presents a miniaturized and simplified version of modern organizations. These researchers
A. suggest that football is a peculiarly American pastime because of our wartime history. B. link football's values, particularly teamwork, to those associated with business. C. argue that football allows spectators to vicariously realize their own hostile and aggressive tendencies. D. argue that football should be regulated the same way we regulate corporations. E. suggest that football, with its territorial incursion and violence, is popular because Americans are violent people.
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b. This policy was primarily in place as a way to encourage families to produce more children across perceived racial lines. c. Primarily applied to limit economic transactions across racial groups, it, instead, served to create a caste system in the United States. d. Hypodescent was used during the epoch of slavery as a way to prevent social and reproductive interaction between the races.