Topic 4 Quiz Subsistence

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Question #1

How does a pastoralist lifestyle, like that of the Masaai, contribute to the social preference for multiple wives?

A Women make decisions about slaughtering, selling, and raising the cattle.

B Women do much of the work and more wives means more hands.

C Wives own cattle, so multiple wives means a family will own many cows.

D Wives own cattle, so multiple wives means a family will own many cows, women make decisions about slaughtering, selling, and raising the cattle and women do much of the work and more wives means more hands.

Question #2

So central are yams to Trobriand Island life, men practice yam magic to ensure their crops.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #3

Foraging is the only immediate return subsistence system.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #4

Dinka and Masaai men eat beef almost every day, drawing on their cattle to supply themselves and their often large households.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #5

The Dinka “Fat Man” contest is a social ritual meant to demonstrate a man’s wealth and power.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #6

The Hadza may represent one of the primary roots of the human family tree—perhaps more than 100,000 years old.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #7

Anthropologists have observed that the quest for food affects almost every aspect of daily life.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #8

Foraging is considered a passive form of dependence on the environment because people gather wild plants and animal food resources already available in the environment rather than on domesticated species that have been altered by human intervention.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #9

According to the article about the Hadza, they do not have numbers greater than 3 or 4 and use visual clues in nature (like the waxing and waning moon) to mark time.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #10

Among the Trobriand Islanders, women “own” the yams and men must share what they grow with their daughters, their sisters, and even with their wives’ family members.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #11

A subsistence system is the set of practices used by members of a society to acquire food.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #12

What kinds of challenges do pastoralists face in today’s world?

A Tense relationships with their agricultural neighbors as both groups compete for resources.

B Famine and civil war only

C Growth of tourism has led to increased demand for private land ownership, Famine and civil war, Tense relationships with their agricultural neighbors as both groups compete for resources and Global warming, which has lead to more intense heat and drought.

D Global warming, which has lead to more intense heat and drought.

E Growth of tourism has led to increased demand for private land ownership

Question #13

Drought and population growth in the Trobriand Islands have lead to a decrease in yams. As a result, traditional village leaders are beginning to lose some of their political power.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #14

Large families and communities are considered desirable among foragers since the more people there are in a family, the more people there are to hunt and gather food.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #15

It is important for Hadza to mark events such as birthdays, and weddings are a particularly important social event for the Hadza that requires participation from every member of the group.