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For anthropologists, the word "horticulture" refers to:
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a)
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small scale, low intensity farming
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b)
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the raising of flowers for sale
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c)
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a subsistence pattern in which food only comes from domesticated plants
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| 2. |
The population density and community size of horticultural societies is usually _______________ pedestrian foragers.
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a)
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about the same as
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b)
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smaller than
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c)
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larger than
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| 3. |
With which of the following subsistence patterns are people most likely to intentionally produce a surplus of food to sell or exchange for things that they cannot produce themselves?
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a)
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foraging
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b)
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horticulture
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c)
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both are equally likely
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| 4. |
Where in the world is horticulture commonly used as a subsistence pattern today?
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Europe and North America
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Central Africa and the Amazon Basin of South America
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c)
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Japan, Korea, and China
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Why do horticulturalists usually have a shifting pattern of field use? That is, why do they abandon their gardens after a few years and create new ones elsewhere?
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Because they don't like to settle down in one area for a long period of time
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b)
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Because production drops due to the inevitable depletion of soil nutrients in the old field
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Because water for irrigation becomes scarce
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| 6. |
"Slash and burn" refers to:
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a method of field preparation for farming
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b)
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a technique of warfare used by horticulturalists
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c)
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a method of eliminating fleas and other insects from a settlement
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Which of the following things are horticulturalists most likely to use in farming?
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pointed sticks, hoes, or other hand tools
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b)
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large beasts of burden, such as horses and oxen, to pull plows
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c)
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pesticides and herbicides
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Which of the following things characterize horticulturalists?
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They usually grow only one plant species in each field.
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b)
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They usually live in large towns or cities
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Their farming techniques are relatively unproductive and they are ignorant of soil characteristics and plant nutrients.
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d)
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none of the above
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Horticulture is most well suited to what kind of environment?
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humid, tropical forests
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b)
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dry sparse grasslands
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c)
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cool, pine forests in temperate regions
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What usually has happened to tropical horticulturalists when population pressure and/or governments prevented them from following their traditional shifting pattern of farming?
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The horticulturalists usually became wild plant and animal foragers again.
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b)
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The productivity of their crops dropped dramatically due to extreme soil nutrient depletion and the people became impoverished.
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c)
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The horticulturalists become cattle or sheep ranchers.
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