Unit 3 reading questions
What percentage of the world's languages are in danger of dying out in the next hundred years?
40%
Which of the following is NOT associated with globalization?
the rise of the industrial age and more local factories
What do anthropologists believe was the first step in the development of agriculture?
gatherer-hunters growing plants in areas that were more convenient for them
What mode of subsistence have humans practiced for most of their evolutionary history?
gathering hunting
Which area of linguistics focuses on the social contexts in which language is acquired?
language socialization
Which term reflects the concept that all languages have some things in common?
linguistic universals
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis argues that the language you speak influences how you do what?
think about reality
Which statement about communication is false?
It is synonymous with the term language.
What subfield of linguistics examines the social context of language?
Sociolinguistics
Which of the following BEST describes the universalist approach to understanding economic processes?
assumes that economic processes work the same way all over the world
What term refers to small seminomadic groups who are gatherer-hunters?
bands
The first method of farming developed by humans is known as what?
extensive horticulture
What term refers to people sharing things with no regard to value or compensation?
generalized reciprocy
What is the name for the use of irrigation systems, a plough, and continuous cultivation of the same plots?
intensive agriculture
Which farming method would generate the greatest yield and support the largest population?
intensive agriculture
What term describes how people interact with their environments in order to make a living?
mode of subsistence
What term refers to a form of herding in which people live in small seasonal camps as they move with their animals?
nomadism
What mode of subsistence is associated with the care and use of domesticated herd animals?
pastoralism
What is the name for using several plots of land in various stages of fallow and cultivation?
shifting cultivation
