Pastoralism - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Hunter-gatherer - Answer- a member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods. Neolithic Revolution - Answer- the shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC Pastoralism - Answer- A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter. Urbanization - Answer- the social pr...

Anthropology Exam 1 TAMU Lynch (2023/2024) Rated A Anthropology The comparative and holistic study of human biology and culture Human paleontology Biological anthropology. Study of human and primate fossil records. Human origins Osteology Study of human skeleton Archaeology Study of human cultural remains, reconstruct past human societies. Artifacts found with human burials. Porotic Hypertosis medical disorder caused by malnutiriton and iron deficiency anemia resulting in the bones of the cr...

Characteristics of Swidden's agriculture correct answers -Slash-and-burn agriculture -Burn and/or clear a plot of land for crops- shift plots over time -Plots at different stages of production and regeneration BENEFITS of POLY CULTURAL PLOTS correct answers -Nutrient cycling -phenology -soil stability -Pest, disease, and environmental protection- reduced crop failure Outcomes of Cassava in India correct answers -Women's accounts of Cassava, Millets, and Labor in South India -Cash ...

Food shortages: H&G, Hort, Past, Int. Agr. - H&G= rare Hort= infrequent past=frequent int. agr=frequent political leadership:H&G, Hort, Past, Int. Agr. - H&G= informal Hort= some part time officials past= part/full time officials int. agr= many full time officials Anthropology - holistic study of human kind and human nature. ethnocentrism - belief that the ways of ones own culture are the only proper ones. instead, anthropologists study various cultures to gain a holi...

History 101 Exam With Elaborated Question & Answer () How did the advent of farming and pastoralism affect the various peoples of Africa? - CORRECT ANSWER-Recent evidence has shown that pastoralism was likely practiced south of the Lower Nile Valley as far back as the ninth millennium BCE, with the domestication of grains and vegetables following soon thereafter. True or false: Before the sixth and seventh centuries BCE, the Sahara was totally unsuited to agriculture because of its ...

AP World History Unit 1 & 2 Notes/Summary + AMSCO Book Summaries Hunting and Gathering Neolithic Nomads Culture Neolithic/Agricultural/Agrarian revolution Pastoralism Mesopotamia Sumerians Cuneiform City-state Ziggurats Babylonian Empire Hammurabi Pharaoh Pyramids Hieroglyphs Monotheism Phoenicians Harappa and Mohenjo Daro Aryans Huanghe (Yellow) River Basin Shang Big Geography Paleolithic Path of migration for humans during Paleolithic era Eglitarian Pastoralists were...

What is nutritional anthropology? correct answers study of the interplay of biological and social forces that shape food use and nutritional status at both the individual and population scale Interdisciplinary approach to nutritional status What are food systems? correct answers cultural beliefs, the social institutions and the social environment that influence the physical environment the production, distribution, and consumption of food What are the 4 major subsistence systems discuss...

ANT 100 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass The common practice of "two-spirited" gender roles with most Native American societies is an example of gender binary. - Answer- False Only very closed-minded people are ethnocentric. - Answer- False Chimpanzees and bonobos kiss. Often, they kiss with open mouths and tongues. - Answer- True Fraternal polyandry allows women to marry two brothers, but not three or more. - Answer- False Medical Anthropology is a subfield of anthropology ...

SOCA 105 WVU Exam 2 (Sahady) Graded A What is culture? ️learned, socially acquired traditions of thought and behavior found in human societies - reflection of subsistence patterns and worldview what is cultural anthropology? ️study of human society and culture What is society? ️refers to an organized group of people who share a homeland, speak the same language, and who depend on each other for their survival and well being what is a subsistence pattern? ️how you survive wh...