Anth 411 Quizzes 5, 6, 7
Diamond notes a couple of different perspectives that help shed light on how
we--as a culture--think about this shift from hunting/gathering to agriculture.
The progressivist perspective is one of these that clearly and without question
accepts the move to adopt an agricultural lifestyle as a positive, logical, and
advantageous improvement for our ancestors. - correct answer ✔True
Diamond, to support his point that hunters and gatherers have it worse off
than agricultural societies, cites caloric and nutritional data from present day
foraging societies that shows they routinely and easily go hungry. - correct
answer ✔False
According to Diamond, the shift away from hunting and gathering to an
agricultural mode of production was generally a positive one. - correct answer
✔False
What does Diamond's 24-hour clock analogy allude to? - correct answer ✔-
Humans have been hunters and gatherers for the vast majority of our
existence.
- We--as humankind--are relatively new at farming.
- We can't be sure whether or not shifting to agriculture was the best choice
for humankind, but he's leaning toward not.
Which is NOT one of the physical changes/differences that paleopathologists
have analyzed and noted between the skeletal remains of hunters and
gatherers and early agriculturalists? - correct answer ✔A taller average
height for agriculturalists.
A longer life expectancy for agriculturalists.
Fewer bone and dental abnormalities for agriculturalists.
Answer: None
, According to Planet Money, __________ and ____________ are
representative of the role of many developing countries in global commodity
chains--they provide a large and willing workforce, cheap and reliable factory
space and resources, and a stable, friendly-to-the-U.S. government. - correct
answer ✔Columbia and Bangladesh
Most of the American cotton seeds that U.S. farmers plant each year are
harvested, hand selected, and stored by the farmers themselves. - correct
answer ✔False
In the film Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt, there are about five people and two
locations involved in the making of the shirt. - correct answer ✔False
The NPR video clip "Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt" was a great example of
what economic process? - correct answer ✔- a commodity chain at work
- the relationship between the core and the periphery
- the fact that objects can also have a "social life" if you look hard enough
In the 5 Questions about the History of Humanity interview, David Wengrow
discusses the many incorrect assumptions about the make-up of pre-
agricultural human societies (for example: they all live in small egalitarian
bands with no social inequality.) In this way, it's fair to say that he agrees with
the arguments about the shift from egalitarian hunters & gatherers that Jared
Diamond presents in his article. - correct answer ✔False
According to Basso, what is the main reason or explanation for why the
Western Apache tend to remain silent in certain situations? - correct answer
✔They use silence as a way of dealing with ambiguity or uncertainty in social
settings
Diamond notes a couple of different perspectives that help shed light on how
we--as a culture--think about this shift from hunting/gathering to agriculture.
The progressivist perspective is one of these that clearly and without question
accepts the move to adopt an agricultural lifestyle as a positive, logical, and
advantageous improvement for our ancestors. - correct answer ✔True
Diamond, to support his point that hunters and gatherers have it worse off
than agricultural societies, cites caloric and nutritional data from present day
foraging societies that shows they routinely and easily go hungry. - correct
answer ✔False
According to Diamond, the shift away from hunting and gathering to an
agricultural mode of production was generally a positive one. - correct answer
✔False
What does Diamond's 24-hour clock analogy allude to? - correct answer ✔-
Humans have been hunters and gatherers for the vast majority of our
existence.
- We--as humankind--are relatively new at farming.
- We can't be sure whether or not shifting to agriculture was the best choice
for humankind, but he's leaning toward not.
Which is NOT one of the physical changes/differences that paleopathologists
have analyzed and noted between the skeletal remains of hunters and
gatherers and early agriculturalists? - correct answer ✔A taller average
height for agriculturalists.
A longer life expectancy for agriculturalists.
Fewer bone and dental abnormalities for agriculturalists.
Answer: None
, According to Planet Money, __________ and ____________ are
representative of the role of many developing countries in global commodity
chains--they provide a large and willing workforce, cheap and reliable factory
space and resources, and a stable, friendly-to-the-U.S. government. - correct
answer ✔Columbia and Bangladesh
Most of the American cotton seeds that U.S. farmers plant each year are
harvested, hand selected, and stored by the farmers themselves. - correct
answer ✔False
In the film Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt, there are about five people and two
locations involved in the making of the shirt. - correct answer ✔False
The NPR video clip "Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt" was a great example of
what economic process? - correct answer ✔- a commodity chain at work
- the relationship between the core and the periphery
- the fact that objects can also have a "social life" if you look hard enough
In the 5 Questions about the History of Humanity interview, David Wengrow
discusses the many incorrect assumptions about the make-up of pre-
agricultural human societies (for example: they all live in small egalitarian
bands with no social inequality.) In this way, it's fair to say that he agrees with
the arguments about the shift from egalitarian hunters & gatherers that Jared
Diamond presents in his article. - correct answer ✔False
According to Basso, what is the main reason or explanation for why the
Western Apache tend to remain silent in certain situations? - correct answer
✔They use silence as a way of dealing with ambiguity or uncertainty in social
settings
