What is the advantage of bilateral descent groups in foraging societies?
a. Such groups make claims for assistance on a wide group of related people possible.
b. Such groups limit the number of people who can ask for help and expect to receive it.
c. Such groups draw clear distinctions between relatives and non-relatives and so limit the size of kin groups.
d. Such groups are the smallest kin groups possible.
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A) high in small-scale societies and in modern nation-states, but low in between B) higher in state-level societies than in small-scale societies C) higher in small-scale societies than in state-level societies D) low in small-scale societies and in modern nation-states, but high in between
The ________ has worked within the United Nations to support indigenous rights.
A. Intergovernmental Panel on Indigenous Rights B. United States Corps of Engineers C. Working Group on Indigenous Populations D. International Union for Indigenous Rights E. Supporters of Indigenous Peoples of Post-soviet Countries
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a. matrilineal b. patrilineal c. unilineal d. bilateral
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a. 10 percent b. 30 percent c. 50 percent d. 80 percent