anth exam 2

In the Mesolithic period groups like the Natufians stored wild grains, but did not grow their own food.

True

In the short video on the Indus Valley Civilization we see very clear examples of "civilization" such as public baths, sanitation, cities, social stratification, writing, and trade

True

We do not see human warfare until the rise of civilization.

True

While we all learn and share our particular culture with others, we are still all individually unique due to factors such as unique enculturation, unique predispositions and talents, and unique life experiences.

True

The berdache is an example of a rare type of marriage. The berdache is

a third gender

What type of position does a Big Man have in a tribe?

achieved

Groups such as the Kung San and the Mbuti Pygmies are examples of what type of sociocultural system?

bands

The most common type of economic exchange upon marriage is:

bride price

Which of the following new archeological techniques did you learn about in the short video "Archaeology"?

deep diving AUV sonar-based robots the archaeocopter special software that generates 3-d models

The ecological base is made up of the following three, interrelated factors:

economic production, demography, and environment

From your reading on Canvas "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema," we see that the Nacierma are

exactly the same as us

Money markets are a type of economic distribution where

found in class-based societies found where the populations are larger and more impersonal the exchange or transactions are subject to supply and demand

The primary type of economic distribution for bands of hunters and gathers (such as the Kung and the Mbuti Pygmies) is:

generalized reciprocity

Consequences of agriculture in the Neolithic include all of the following EXCEPT:

improved nutrition

To say that culture is learned means that

it's not genetically based it's not instinct it's the way humans adapt to their environment

Polygyny is where

one man can have more than one wife at the same time the most common type of marriage produces many children

With the Neolithic we begin to see

specialists material and social complexity population growth

The evolution of the state (as seen in the flow-chart in your power points) shows us that when there is an ecological trigger (such as population pressure or environmental changes), an intensification of food production is required to accommodate this. This, in turn, leads back to increased ecological triggers. The result of this is:

specialization centralization of power nucleation

Prehistoric archaeology is

the archaeology of a society prior to written records

The theory of environmental degradation argues that states/empires collapse when

the environment cannot sustain agriculture

We see in the film "Nai!: The Story of a Kung San Woman" and with other hunters-gatherers undergoing modernization that:

their lives as hunters-gatherers were non-violent and based on cooperation

Extensive agriculture

uses an extensive amount of land is also called horticulture or shifting agriculture or slash-burn does not use fertilizers, irrigation, or animals

The main way people got their food during the Mesolithic period was

Broad-spectrum collecting

In some cultures the matrifocal family is the most common.

False

Society, social structure, and culture are all identical things. These words are synonymous/interchangeable.

False

Ethnocentrism is the feeling that:

Our culture's ways of doing things are inherently natural and normal