Author Question: Why did the applied anthropologist in the Jamaica Agroforestry Project (JAP) propose that ... (Read 164 times)

Haya94 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Why did the applied anthropologist in the Jamaica Agroforestry Project (JAP) propose that nitrogen-fixing trees be planted?

a. These trees would create greater amounts of oxygen and clean air.
b. Nitrogen-fixing trees grow at a slower rate and can be harvested much more quickly.
c. Trees that use nitrogen create a much stronger wood that can be used commercially.
d. Nitrogen-fixing trees stabilize an area against erosion and can be used as feed for livestock.
e. These were the only kinds of trees that Jamaica had available at low cost.

Question 2

Which of these is NOT a criticism made by Boas (and others) of the unilineal evolutionists?

a. They ignored the importance of Biblical understandings of culture.
b. They were ethnocentric.
c. There does not seem to be a single line of cultural development.
d. The evolutionists were armchair anthropologists who did not collect their own data.