How could archaeologists estimate the amount of food Epipaleothic people could gather from harvesting wild grains?
A) through analysis of the amount of grains in the diet through dental wear analysis
B) through experimentation by replicating Paleolithic tools and conditions
C) through calculation of the calorie yield for an average field of wild grain
D) through an estimate of the amount of domesticated grain that can be gathered in one season
B) through experimentation by replicating Paleolithic tools and conditions
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Archaeologists Glynn Isaac and Mary Leakey have suggested that sites like those at Olduvai Gorge, where thousands of bones and artifacts were found together, represent __________
A. cemeteries where funeral rituals were practiced B. the remains of primitive warfare C. home bases to which male hunters brought food D. small villages with populations of fewer than 100 people
Which of the following statements is not an example of linguistic nationalism?
a. You are a Spanish-speaking person in the U.S., but want your children to use English so they will fit in more easily with the surrounding society. b. A national committee in France declares that certain widely used terms will no longer be allowed to appear in public print because they are not French. c. You live in Scotland and are so alarmed by the rapid decline in the number of people speaking Gaelic that you start a school in which all subjects are taught in Gaelic. d. The southern part of India declares itself a separate country called Tamiland (the land of the people who speak Tamil) in defiance of India’s declaration of Hindi as the national language e. A country previously colonized by the British passes a law requiring everyone to speak the native tongue? English is banned because of its association with colonial domination.
Pluralistic societies have a tendency to fragment along the lines of which type of differences?
a. Culinary b. Linguistic c. Institutional d. Kinship e. Economic
A society is considered stratified if:
a. there are equalities in terms of wealth, power, and prestige. b. equality is primarily based on unequal access to productive resources. c. there is a strong tendency toward the inheritance of rewards, regardless of personal merit. d. All of these are true of stratified societies.