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Survival of the fittest Pastoralism and climate change in East Africa Climate change is having a destructive impact on many groups around the world. Pastoralists in East Africa have been adapting to climate variability for millennia and their adaptability ought to enable them to cope with this growing challenge. This paper explains the policies required to enable sustainable and productive pastoralist communities to cope with the impact of climate change and generate sustainable livelihoo...

Archaeology correct answers understanding how people did things and why they did things (how these people moved and used the landscape) Social Complexity correct answers understanding one way isn't the best way, each group has its own methods and does not mean one way is simpler than another, just bc it is different does not mean it is lesser Foragers correct answers uses natural resources for sustenance, band level societies, will surpass carrying capacity of original environment so stay...

Archaeology correct answers Study of early cultures and life ways through material remains Social Complexity correct answers Domains and integration Social and political organization Subsistence strategies and economic activities Religious beliefs Foragers correct answers Band level societies (<100) Egalitarian- equal access to resources Uses natural resources for subsistence Authority comes from experience/age and wisdom Power correct answers Can inflict negative sanctions/pun...

what are the 3 major processes of change correct answers 1. forces at work within a society 2. contact between societies (including forced change) 3. change in the natural environment why domesticate? correct answers -cattle and other animals can easily be controlled -also have multi-chambered stomach so they can digest difficult substances where are we most likely to find pastoralism? correct answers places with poor soil, seasonal rain, large areas of grasses and shrubs who are the...

________ views linguistic practices as symbolic capital that people, if trained properly, can convert into economic and social capital - Bordieau _________ believed that ethnic boundaries are most stable and enduring when groups occupy different ecological niches - Barth _________ believed that human brain contains limited set of rules for organizing language - Chomsky _________ irrigate their fields with canals from rivers, streams, springs, and ponds. They have also created a s...

Anthro Final: WVU Sahady with Verified Solutions historic archaeology archaeology with written documents prehistoric archaeology archaeology before written documents overall goal of archaeology to understand and reconstruct history and past cultures culture Tool that helps us know how to behave appropriately in varying situations & helps us to interpret meaning cultural relavitism is the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that p...

air pollution correct answers presence of unwanted substances in air noise pollution correct answers presence of unwanted noise Water pollution correct answers presence of unwanted substance in water Point Source correct answers pollution that can be traced to specific source Non-point Source correct answers source of pollution is many or specific, but can't be traced Sustainable Yield correct answers amount of resources that can be removed/harvested w/o compromising ecosystem/in...

UNH Anthro 411 Exam 2 NoteCards Question and answers already passed 2024/2025 UNH Anthro 411 Exam 2 NoteCards Foraging - correct answer Food-getting strategy (i.e. obtaining wild plants, hunting, scavenging, or fishing) Hunter-Gatherers - correct answer People who collect food from naturally occurring resources including wild plants, animals, and fish Marginal Areas - correct answer Deserts, the Artic, and dense tropical forests Ngatatjara Settlement Patterns - correct answe...

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Worlds Together, Worlds Apart-A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present 6E Jeremy Adelman, Elizabeth Pollard & Robert Tignor - Complete Elaborated and Latest Test Bank. ALL Chapters 1-11 Included and updated for 2023 Worlds Together, Worlds Apart-A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present 6E Jeremy Adelman, Elizabeth Pollard & Robert Tignor - Complete Elaborated and Latest Test Bank. ALL Chapters 1-11 Included and updated for 2023 ...