Environmental Studies

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Anthropologists use the term pastoralists to refer to peoples who __________. A. live in ... Started by kellyjaisingh	1 Replies 32 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by cpetit11
Studies of hunter-gatherer groups often include an investigation of the maximum population that a ... Started by RODY.ELKHALIL	3 Replies 26 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by Animal_Goddess
What is one of the chief advantages of slash-and-burn cultivation? A. It involves a huge labor ... Started by karlynnae	1 Replies 39 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by tanna.moeller
Marginal environments often sustain hunting-and-gathering societies where agricultural societies ... Started by arivle123	1 Replies 55 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by cassie_ragen
Compared with hunting-and-gathering band-level societies, tribal societies are __________. A. ... Started by kfurse	1 Replies 54 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by nixon_s
In contrast to Paleolithic hunting-and-gathering societies, contemporary band societies exist only ... Started by jCorn1234	3 Replies 57 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by ambernicolefink
Anthropologist Richard Lee has estimated that the traditional Ju/'hoansi San spent between ... Started by sc00by25	1 Replies 35 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by BUTTHOL369
In the traditional society of the Mbuti pygmies of the Ituri rainforest, hunting is undertaken by ... Started by V@ndy87	1 Replies 16 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by orangecrush
__________ are incentives for people to move from one society to another. A. Demographic ... Started by Metfan725	1 Replies 55 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by mcabuhat
High infant mortality rates, the view that children are future assets who can care for their parents ... Started by joesmith1212	3 Replies 12 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by ryansturges
The chiefdom societies in Tahiti enhanced their agricultural yield through __________. A. swidden ... Started by lidoalex	1 Replies 52 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by mceravolo
The change for high fertility rates and high mortality rates to low fertility rates and low ... Started by littleanan	1 Replies 119 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by livaneabi
During a potlatch among the Northwest Coast Indians, the more gifts that were given or destroyed by ... Started by tichca	1 Replies 187 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by chereeb
Anthropologist Alvin Wolfe has proposed that multinational corporations are beginning to evolve into ... Started by cool	3 Replies 28 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by lkoler
An oligopoly occurs when a few very large corporations control production in major industries. ... Started by lracut11	1 Replies 43 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by CAPTAINAMERICA
Iroquois tribal society was organized around matrilineal descent groups, the members of which lived ... Started by maychende	1 Replies 37 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by yasmina
Because of both the strict marriage rules and postmarital residence rules found in hunter-gatherer ... Started by jman1234	1 Replies 106 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by al
A cross-cousin is the offspring of one's father's sister or one's mother's brother. Indicate ... Started by Mr.Thesaxman	3 Replies 131 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by heyhey123
Chiefdoms are hierarchically ranked societies. Indicate whether the statement is true or ... Started by ts19998	1 Replies 39 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by nyrave
Since wealth and status determine the type of marriage patterns found in agricultural states, the ... Started by LCritchfi	1 Replies 34 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by Kaytorgator
Unilineal descent groups are lineage groups that do which of the following? A. trace their ... Started by cartlidgeashley	1 Replies 38 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by AmberC1996
A few tribal societies practice what is called __________, in which relatives are traced through ... Started by CBme	3 Replies 41 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by Perkypinki
When two or more clans recognize that they share a common genealogical relationship, the more ... Started by pragya sharda	1 Replies 42 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by guyanai
The most important belief underlying the practice of having a widow marry one of her brothers-in-law ... Started by lracut11	1 Replies 23 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by nyrave
Polygyny in tribal societies is most closely related to __________. A. hunting practices B. ... Started by Mr.Thesaxman	1 Replies 86 Views	Aug 11, 2018 by kiamars2010