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Jordan Huggins

Jul 22, 2024

How is culture advantageous to the human species? What advantages do we obtain through culture?

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Jenny Koshy

Jul 22, 2024

In the barrel model of culture, subsistence is considered part of the level called _______________.

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Jasmine Jones

Jul 22, 2024

Which of the following groups has the highest percentage of type A blood?

A) Mapuche Indians of Argentina
B) Chippewa Indians of the United States
C) Maya Indians of Mexico
D) Saami (Laplanders) of Finland

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Siddharda Chillapalli

Jul 22, 2024

What do we call the practice in the United States of assigning race to the parent believed to pertain to a minority group (known also as the "one drop rule") ?

A) ethnic derivation rule
B) clinal distribution
C) mitochondrial typing
D) hypodescent rule

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Lorena Curiel

Jul 21, 2024

A stone tool with chisel-like edges is the _______________.

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Sindy Ochoa

Jul 21, 2024

Which of the following hypotheses regarding Neandertals was generated following the discovery of the fossils Homo sapiens idaltu?

A) Neandertals represent a dead-end side branch of human evolution.
B) Neandertals interbred with Homo sapiens and are in direct line to modern-day humans.
C) Neandertals are a side shoot from humane evolution since the time of the australopithecines.
D) Neandertals are not human.

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Davisha Owens

Jul 19, 2024

When individuals are so disturbed that they cannot measure up to the norms of society and be happy, they are usually labeled as:

A) psychotic
B) neurotic
C) paranoid
D) bipolar

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Ayesha Williams

Jul 19, 2024

The Beng in West Africa believe in reincarnation and cherish their children as "old souls" returning home. With which type of child-rearing training are they associated?

A) interdependence training
B) imitation training
C) dependence training
D) independence training

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Puritie Njeru

Jul 19, 2024

Cooperative labor in most societies is centered on the basic unit of the ___________.

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Danielle Maidany

Jul 19, 2024

A network of people producing and circulating marketable commodities, labor, and services that for various reasons escape government control is called a(n) :

A) black market
B) informal economy
C) prestige economy
D) inconspicuous marketplace

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Ciarra Martin

Jul 19, 2024

What is a mehndi?

A) a bride kidnapping practiced until recently in Kyrgyzstan
B) the wedding eve henna party attended by the bride and her friends in India
C) a puberty ritual carried out for young males in the Trobriand Islands
D) an aboriginal marriage ceremony in Australia

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Angelina Nguyen

Jul 19, 2024

Define social mobility.?

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Gulzaar Ahmed

Jul 19, 2024

The smallest unit of sound that can make a difference in meaning is called a:

A) morpheme
B) phonology
C) phone
D) phoneme

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KuyMin Hwang

Jul 19, 2024

Enculturation begins with the development of __________.

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Chris Francisco

Jul 19, 2024

The smallest family unit is the _______________ family.

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Hoàng Kiên

Jul 19, 2024

Polygyny is legal in four states in the United States.

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Tiffany Zapata

Jul 19, 2024

Which of the following statements describes at-risk male subpopulations?

A) Men who are marginalized often feel they have more power than White, heterosexual men.
B) Men who are marginalized are at greater risk for self-harm than White able-bodied men.
C) African American men are less likely to die from homicide than White men.
D) Men of the LGBTQI+ community tend to as well-respected as heterosexual men.

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Seth Coyle

Jul 19, 2024

Double unilineal descent is also considered bilateral descent.

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Sebastian Santoyo

Jul 19, 2024

Which of the following statements about self-awareness is correct?

A) Human do not have the ability for self-awareness at birth.
B) Self-awareness does not develop as fully in less technologically advanced societies.
C) Self-awareness is the ability to advocate the moral importance of one's actions.
D) Not all humans have self-awareness; it is culturally conditioned.

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Carina McCarver

Jul 19, 2024

Something used to make payments for other goods and services as well as to measure their value is called _______________.

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