Question 1

Sustainable development for indigenous people involves which of the following elements?

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A)   it must address local people's ability to make a living
B)   it must involve them in natural resource management
C)   it must create sustainable alternatives to economic activities that deplete natural resources
D)   all of the aboveE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Foodways are dynamic because

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A)   some foods become trendy
B)   they are subject to large-scale industrial processes
C)   trade relationships change
D)   all of the aboveE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

The term foodways describes a perspective that approaches food as

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A)   a tangible object that provides nutrition
B)   a conduit for social relationships
C)   symbolic
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

A foodways perspective on human evolution would emphasize

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A)   that people prefer the same kinds of fruit-based diet as primates, with periodic eating of meat
B)   that changes in human dietary physiology are intertwined with how people grow, share, and eat food
C)   that modes of subsistence evolve from the most simple, foraging, to the most complex, industrial agriculture
D)   that how people think about and interact with the landscape has evolved over timeE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The key differences between the two types of subsistence that are based on agricultural methods include

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A)   population density and size
B)   animal husbandry and complexity
C)   size and simplicity
D)   movement and sizeE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

The biocultural logic of local foodways is related to each of the following observations except

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A)   people typically have a stable understanding of good taste
B)   most local foodways have developed to provide nutritious energy to people
C)   many groups of people willingly change their foodways when something better, such as industrial agriculture, comes along
D)   all of the aboveE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 7

In hunter-gatherer societies, marriage is often used to describe their relationship with nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

__________ development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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Question 9

Globally, more people now suffer from the effects of overnutrition than of undernutrition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Green Revolution has initiated a worldwide change in

Accepted Answer

A)   preventing destruction of the world's rain forests
B)   the methods that allow intensive agriculture to plant crops
C)   how governments permit corporations to conduct forestry practices
D)   agriculture in the developing worldE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

Anthropologist Roy Rappaport's distinction between __________ models of ecology is important because it distinguishes between outsider and insider views of nature.

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Question 12

In the face of disparities in access to food, anthropologists are increasingly studying the issue of __________.

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Question 13

Have you ever encountered an anthropogenic landscape? Describe it. How do you know it was an artifactual landscape?

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Question 14

What role do you think perspectives drawn from environmental anthropology can play in the study of climate change?

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Question 15

Environmental anthropologists promote the idea that all indigenous people are environmentalists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Combating the world wide rise in obesity would require dealing with

Accepted Answer

A)   the increasing availability of energy dense foods
B)   the decrease in physical activity
C)   the population shift from rural to urban areas
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Which mode of subsistence includes the search for edible things?

Accepted Answer

A)   foraging
B)   horticulture
C)   pastoralism
D)   intensive agricultureE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

An anthropologist who studies the cultural landscape of Zapotec farmers of southern Mexico would be primarily interested in

Accepted Answer

A)   their interactions with the local ecosystem
B)   the meanings and images they have of nature that shape their farming practices
C)   the ways environmental conditions shape their actions and beliefs
D)   the ethnobiological classifications they have of their environmentE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following is a key argument of ethnobiologist Brent Berlin, who compared human classification systems?

Accepted Answer

A)   humans have a wide range of variation when it comes to classifying
B)   all human classification systems are reflective of an underlying cognitive structure of the human brain that organizes information in systematic ways
C)   humans organize information very differently depending on their environment
D)   non-Western people do not organize scientific knowledge like Westerners doE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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