Question 1

Which of the following tools would you NOT expect to find in a horticultural society?

Accepted Answer

A)   digging sticks
B)   hoes
C)   handheld tools
D)   irrigation systemsE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Which of the following is an element in the world-wide spread of agriculture?

Accepted Answer

A)   ability to infinitely increase carrying capacity in an area
B)   technological innovation
C)   population growth
D)   warfareE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 3

You are an anthropologist observing a new society that no one else has explored. You are trying to determine the subsistence pattern of the group. The group is highly mobile and is constantly moving around their geographic area. They do not rely on domesticated animals like cattle. The size of the group remains small, usually not more than 20 people. Sometimes, when resources are plentiful, a number of different smaller groups will come together into a larger group for a few weeks. However, when the resources become scarce again they will disperse into their smaller groups. Based on these observations, what type of subsistence pattern do you think that this group uses?

Accepted Answer

A)   foraging
B)   agriculture
C)   horticulture
D)   pastoralismE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Which of the following subsistence strategies results in the least amount of mobility?

Accepted Answer

A)   foraging
B)   agriculture
C)   horticulture
D)   pastoralismE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

What is one of the principal reasons why pastoralists cannot maintain their way of life?

Accepted Answer

A)   they do not have sufficient animals
B)   they do not have sufficient access to water
C)   they do not have sufficient territory to graze their animals
D)   they do not own any landE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

How is agriculture different from horticultural? What differences do we see in the way that the land is used, how the labor is organized, and what crops are used?

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Question 7

Which of the following is the reason that meat is highly valued by Ju/'hoansi people?

Accepted Answer

A)   Meat is a less highly concentrated source of protein than vegetable foods.
B)   Uncertain success at hunting means that meat is a rarer food than vegetable resources.
C)   Meat is not shared frequently in the Ju/'hoansi society.
D)   The Ju/'hoansi prefer the taste of meat to the taste of vegetables.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Hunter-gatherers are also called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   horticulturalists
B)   agriculturalists
C)   foragers
D)   pastoralistsE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

The earliest known agricultural crops were __________ and __________, found in the Middle East by about 12,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A)   corn, rice
B)   maize, wheat
C)   wheat, barley
D)   manioc, barleyE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Early intensive agriculture involved __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the use of the plow, draft animals, and irrigation
B)   private ownership of property and a market economy
C)   the elimination of child labor and the professionalization of farming d .control of population growth and the emergence of states(UNDERSTAND;D) None of the above
E) All of the above

Question 11

What is significant about the development of specialists in agricultural societies?

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Question 12

__________ is the practice among pastoralists of moving to new pastures on a seasonal basis.

Accepted Answer

A)   Nomadism
B)   Migration
C)   A seasonal round
D)   TranshumanceE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 13

While optimal foraging theory can provide a number of insights into foraging groups, what aspect of human society does optimal foraging theory arguably ignore?

Accepted Answer

A)   population size
B)   location
C)   genetics
D)   cultureE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

What are some of the worldwide effects of industrialized agriculture?

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Question 15

__________ is intensive farming which invests great amounts of time, labor, and technology.

Accepted Answer

A)   Pastoralism
B)   Horticulture
C)   Agriculture
D)   ForagingE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 16

In the horticultural society of the Jivaro in Peru, women performed most agricultural labor and as a result __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   they were treated as mere laborers by men
B)   have higher status than Yanomamo women
C)   control the distribution of food resources
D)   suffer from low status because labor is denigrated in Jivaro societyE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Although certain key resources may be considered to be owned by a person or family in foraging societies, for example acorn groves by the Miwoks of California, owners __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   must grant formal requests by others to use the resource
B)   must provide for the upkeep of the resource or risk loss of ownership
C)   cannot sell any of the resource to others
D)   must distribute excess foods from the resource with others when it is availableE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 18

The application of industrial technology and chemicals to farming in order to increase productivity is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   horticulture
B)   intensive agriculture
C)   centralization
D)   industrial agricultureE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 19

In the horticultural society of the Yanomamo in Brazil, men do all of the farming and as a result __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   women are free to be craft specialists
B)   women have larger numbers of children
C)   women have a very low social status
D)   women are more often warriors than in other horticultural societiesE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Pastoralists tend to be ?__________ egalitarian than foraging societies in their division of labor, because __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   more; both men and women tend to the animals
B)   less; men and boys typically tend to the animals
C)   more; both sexes perform the same jobs
D)   less; women do not take part in subsistence strategies at allE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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