Question 1

Inuits and other people living in extremely cold climates tend to have:

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A)   tall, thin bodies.
B)   long extremities.
C)   short, stocky bodies.
D)   stocky bodies with long extremities.
E)   wide noses with short extremities.

Question 2

Define and describe domestication.

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Question 3

Domestication is a form of taming an animal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Some indigenous societies exploited their environments and caused ecological damage.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Nomadic pastoralism:

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A)   prevents people from raising as much livestock as they could if they did not migrate.
B)   involves the raising of camels and cattle only.
C)   does not involve any kind of commercial trade.
D)   never includes cultivation of any type of grain.
E)   has no permanent villages.

Question 6

What do researchers believe was the primary cause of the decline of the Easter Island civilization?

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A)   Internal warfare and dissension
B)   Exploitation by slavery
C)   Colonialism
D)   Environmental destruction
E)   A natural disaster

Question 7

Define and explain the concept of carrying capacity.

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Question 8

As a group,peasants can be distinguished from modern farmers because they produce primarily:

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A)   to accumulate wealth.
B)   for family subsistence.
C)   to pay for religious ceremonies.
D)   for reinvestment of capital.
E)   for export.

Question 9

Which of the following is most linked to processing systems as well as food procurement?

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A)   horticulture
B)   food foraging
C)   industrial agriculture
D)   pastoralism
E)   intensive agriculture

Question 10

Peasants in an agricultural society do not:

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A)   have an important relationship with the cities.
B)   almost always occupy the lowest strata of a society.
C)   provide for most of the dietary needs of the city dwellers.
D)   have a great deal of political power.
E)   pay rents and taxes to those with greater power.

Question 11

What characteristics distinguish industrial agriculture from horticulture? What impact has industrial agriculture had on the environment and on marginal groups?

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Question 12

Peasant populations:

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A)   are only found in Europe.
B)   are tied to larger political units.
C)   produce no surplus.
D)   provide only a small amount of food for urban populations.
E)   are individuals who own sufficient landholdings to produce what they need annually.

Question 13

The development of crop cultivation makes specialization of labor possible because

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A)   there is little need for more technology.
B)   group intelligence improves with a cereal-based diet.
C)   since farming is more efficient than food collecting, more people can be freed to engage in an activity other than food production.
D)   the extra time generated by more efficient technology allows people to go to school and learn much more complex trades.
E)   the trade that results from all forms of crop cultivation motivates societies to specialize in order to control the market.

Question 14

Transhumance pastoralism is a migratory pattern that:

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A)   only occurs in the flatlands of Uganda.
B)   is found among the Kazaks of Eurasia.
C)   is used only with camel herders.
D)   involves seasonal movement of herds between upland and lowland pastures.
E)   involves very little movement of herds, only between households and market.

Question 15

The environment sets broad limits on subsistence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Invention of the wheel,use of fertilizer and draft animals,and irrigation are all innovations that have made agriculture possible.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Domestication of plants may be a result of all of the following except:

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A)   population pressure and territoriality.
B)   sufficient technology and knowledge related to plant manipulation.
C)   adequate knowledge of the environment.
D)   settlement and subsistence patterns, and related human decision-making.
E)   people's inability to adapt to changes in the environment.

Question 18

Recent research on hunters-gatherers indicates all of the following except:

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A)   some hunter-gatherers have never had direct contact with technologically-advanced populations.
B)   some hunter-gatherers are chronically undernourished.
C)   there are occasional seasonal fluctuations in the hunter-gatherer diet.
D)   many hunter-gatherers spend significantly less amounts of time in subsistence than we originally thought.
E)   some hunter-gatherers have been involved in raiding and fighting with other groups.

Question 19

The Neolithic Revolution stimulated all of the following except:

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A)   a growth in population size.
B)   a greater division of labor.
C)   more permanent settlements.
D)   a reduced amount of productive labor.
E)   a less varied diet

Question 20

Name four characteristics (or generalizations)about foraging societies.

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They have low population densi...

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Define and explain the concept of carrying capacity.

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Domestication of plants may be a result of all of the following except:

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Domestication is a form of taming an animal.

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Invention of the wheel,use of fertilizer and draft animals,and irrigation are all innovations that have made agriculture possible.

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Transhumance pastoralism is a migratory pattern that:

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What do researchers believe was the primary cause of the decline of the Easter Island civilization?

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The Neolithic Revolution stimulated all of the following except:

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As a group,peasants can be distinguished from modern farmers because they produce primarily:

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Some indigenous societies exploited their environments and caused ecological damage.

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