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