Chapter 7 Ansewrs

Chapter 7

Making a Living

Multiple-Choice

1. The food-getting strategy used by humans for most of their existence is

a. cattle herding.

b. intensive agriculture.

c. horticulture.

d. food collection.

ANS: D

PG: 147-48

2. The government of Kenya has coerced Maasai pastoralists to settle on permanent ranches for which reason?:

a. Because selling cattle on the open market will help the national economy

b. To convert them to agriculture

c. So their herds won’t compete with wildlife

d. a and c only

ANS: D

PG: 162-63

3. A society’s environment

a. has no effect on its food-getting strategy.

b. determines the one food-getting strategy that is its best adaptation.

c. influences its food-getting strategy.

d. sets very narrow limits on possible alternative food-getting strategies.

ANS: C

PG: 146

4. Food collecting societies usually get most of their diet from

a. the exploitation of wild plants and animals.

b. gardens.

c. domesticated animals acquired in trade with agricultural neighbors.

d. all of the above

ANS: A

PG: 147

5. The carrying capacity of an environment

a. is solely determined by its technology.

b. influences only foraging societies.

c. refers to an upper level on productivity which, when exceeded, has the consequence of damage to the environment.

d. refers only to the amount of wild life in an area.

ANS: C

PG: 147

6. Which statement about “optimal foraging theory” is true?

a. Foragers take only enough food to satisfy their immediate needs.

b. Foragers take those plants and animals from the environment that will maximize their caloric return for searching, killing and preparing food.

c. Foragers seek out food sources based on whether they will be worth the effort.

d. b and c only

ANS: D

PG: 147

7. People frequently do not use all the plentiful and nutritious foods in their environment because

a. they cannot scientifically study their environment....