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Production, Distribution, and Consumption--The Economic Organization of Societies
True or False
1
Swidden cultivation is associated with grain agriculture.
A)
True.
B)
False.
2
In an exchange system in which one group continually gives goods to another group the receiver becomes higher in status than the giver.
A)
True.
B)
False.
3
All societies divide up economic work according to gender; but the tasks assigned to men and women in different societies vary.
A)
True.
B)
False.
4
Modern hunter-gatherer societies live in isolated areas cut off from contact with other socioeconomic groups.
A)
True.
B)
False.
5
Agriculture is low intensity cultivation using swidden techniques and rain fed water supply.
A)
True.
B)
False.
6
Horticulturalists are highly dependent upon seasonal migration and domesticated animals.
A)
True.
B)
False.
7
Reciprocal exchange systems must involve a minimum four or more related groups.
A)
True.
B)
False.
8
Potlatching is a form of competitive feasting that enables individuals to both redistribute surplus materials and increase their prestige in society.
A)
True.
B)
False.
9
To intensify production of their permanent settlements agriculturalists frequently build irrigation canals and other forms of water-delivery systems.
A)
True.
B)
False.
10
In the globalized economy all participants must adopt all the cultural business patterns of the West in order to be successful competitors.
A)
True.
B)
False.
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