Exam 3
A pandemic is
None of the above a sudden raise in the number of new cases of a disease, diseases that are caused by animals, diseases that are always present in a population
The rise of food production lead to
accelerated population growth declining health elaboration of material possessions (all above)
A key requirement for the formation of a complex society is
an increased intensity of food production
Symbols
are particularly stable are easily remembered preserve a culture's conventional meanings (all of the above)
Which is not put forth as a possible reason for broad-spectrum collecting
average height of the population
Complex societies are characterized by
centralized political power
The ideal cultural patterns of a society
consist of the ideas people have about how they ought to behave
The anthropological attitude that a society's customs and ideas should be described objectively and understood in the context of that society's problems and opportunities is called
cultural relativism
Sickle-cell anemia
decreases the rate of mortality from malaria
The Natufians did all of the following EXCEPT
did not exploit any other natural resources besides grains
Archaeologist speak of domestication only when there is evidence that plants and animals show a ________ wild plants and animals
difference from
Diseases in urban populations are primarily due to
establishment of populations large enough to maintain disease in endemic form
Zoonotic diseases are diseases that
have animals as the primary host
When we say that a trait is a Mendelian trait we mean that
it is a genetic trait it is coded for by a single gene there are only two alleles for the trait (all above)
Hypothesized reasons for the decline and collapse of prehistoric states include
lack of a strong central institution environmental change more powerful enemies (all above)
Culture is
learned and shared
The Production Model for the development of states assumes
new social roles for craftspeople
Standards or rules about what is acceptable behavior are refers to by social scientist as
norms
In Malarial environment natural selection acts on the allele determining hemoglobin
primarily through differential morality
Direct constraints are
punishments for inappropriate behaviors
Archeologists are able to infer social inequality through
settlement patterns burial practices artifact distributions (all of the above)
Symbols are
something that arbitrarily stands for something
Societies with political and economic control over a territory and its inhabitants are called
states
To explain the Hebrew prohibition against pork as a reaction to pigs not fitting stereotypes about how animals behave is a _______ explanation
symbolic
The third epidemiological transition is associated with
the adaptation of microbes to our cultural practices
What we know about ancient despots is affected by the fact that
the despots exerted control over what was written
Informants' statements about culture may not always true because
the informant may lack a full understanding of his/her culture
The most enduring and ritualized aspects of culture are referred as
traditions
The rise in population growth that accompanies the adoption of agriculture can partly be explained by:
use of supplementary foods for nursing infants
The concept of the IQ test as it was first developed by Alfred Binet
was designed to measure age-related activates