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Subsistence strategies
Name the country
Current Events
Potpourri
100
A system of symbolic communication:
Language
100
The type of subsistence strategy used by the United States
Industrial
100
England (Stonehenge)
100
AT&T reached a deal to acquire _________ Inc. for $85.4 billion.
Time Warner
100
How many counties are in NJ
21
200
What is the set of guidelines that anthropologists should follow when conducting work?
Anthropological Code of Ethics
200
Using a digging stick to make holes for seeds, and practicing slash-and-burn as a method to clear and fertilize land is an example of _____________________________
Horticulture
200
Israel (Dome of the Rock)
200
About 170 inmates escaped from a prison in __________, and most are still at large.
Hint: This nation was recently in the news for a weather related disaster.
Haiti
200
Name 3 of the current Supreme Court Justices.
Ginsburg, Kagan, Kennedy, Alito, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor, Roberts
300
A food-getting (subsistence) strategy based on maintenance of animals, in which animal products are traded for necessary items:
Pastoralism
300
Communities whose members have no job specialization, a lot of free time, and in which everyone is valued equally are likely to be _________________________
Hunter-gatherers
300
Myanmar (Shwedagon pagoda)
300
The Chicago Cubs won the National League pennant and are playing in the World Series. If they win it will end a ____________ year World Series drought.
They last won in 1908 so 108 years
300
What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enacted in 2010 commonly known as?
Obamacare
400
In which country does N!ai live?
South Africa
400
Societies practicing this subsistence strategy are more likely to face famines:
Intensive agriculture
400
India (Golden Temple of Amritsar)
400
The Vatican announced that it is ok to cremate loved ones, but what do they want you to do with the ashes?
Store them in a "sacred place" like a church cemetery.
I would also accept not scattering them
400
Name the residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
10 Downing Street
500
In anthropology, PIE is _______________________
the Proto-Indo-European language (a reconstruction)
500
The subsistence strategy most likely to be used in the tropics:
Horticulture
500
Turkey (Hagia Sophia)
500
The Target chain is refusing to sell which mask this Halloween season?
Clown Mask
500
Who wrote the comedy play "The Importance of Being Earnest"
Oscar Wilde