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Take Home Exam
Total Value: 30 points
Students who get a “D” or an “F” on Midterm #1 can do this
extra credit work to improve their grade. This take-home exam
covers the same material as the midterm.
Please write at least one full paragraph for each question.
Answers should be in the form of sentences and not an outline.
Each question is worth 5 points.
1.From what theoretical perspective does Marvin Harris analyze the taboo on pig consumption among the Jews and the Muslims? Write a paragraph identifying the theoretical perspective and supporting your choice by reference to Harris' argument in this study (Text, P. 65.)
2. A. B. Weiner, like Malinowski, did field work in the Trobriand Islands. However, there were significant differences in their findings. Using examples, explain how and why their findings were not the same.
3.What was so radical about the Neolithic transition that prompted some to refer to it as a revolution? (Describe 3 of the most important changes). Can you think of any equally radical changes in subistence prctices going on in the world today? Describe 3 important consequences). Source: chapter 7, Patterns of Subsistence
4.Read the article on "Honor Killings in Netherlands" on page 235 of Haviland's Textbook. Describe all the social and ideological pressures that compel a man to engage in honor killing. What would happen to a man in the community if he refuses to engage in honor killing? How could the existence of such practice be explained in a European country?
5. Outline the various mechanisms by which traditional foragers
adjust population density and regulate population size in the
short and long run in order to preserve their natural resources
(the carrying capacity of their habitat). This question is relevant to Chapter 7 in your textbook.
6. Discuss the economic, social and political impact of multinational corporations in the world today. Use your textbook as a source.
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