List the effects that colonialism and colonial nation-building had on ethnic groups and nationalities. Illustrate your answer with specific examples.

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Continental drift:

a. is the movement of the continents on the Earth's surface. b. occurred only in the Old World. c. ceased to occur several million years ago and has no effect on species development. d. had no real impact on the evolutionary history of vertebrates. e. never actually occurred.

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With the term sex, anthropologists are referring to biological differences. In contrast, they define gender as

A. the cultural construction of whether one is female, male, or something else. B. the marked differences in male and female biology, which vary across cultures. C. one's biological identity. D. a political system ruled by men that defines the identity of women. E. the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex.

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Contemporary technological determinists are considered simply modern versions of nineteenth-century evolutionists

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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An Archaeological ProblemThe following multiple-choice questions refer to the paragraph below. Base your answers on the information given below, your archaeological knowledge, and common sense.Recent excavations in the Levant have uncovered a small settlement of approximately twenty houses. These structures were circular in shape and had rock-wall foundations. A number of burials were found in a small cemetery adjacent to the settlement. Storage pits and roasting areas for preparing plant foods also were found, but there was no evidence for domesticated plants at the site. Animal bones from deer, gazelle, sheep, and goat were common at the site. The investigators noticed that a high number of young male animals were represented in the sheep bones. This difference was not noted among the

bones of the other species. Other materials from the site included sickle blades, bone tools, charcoal, and grinding slabs.'Ain Mallaha is located in present-day ________. A. Turkey B. Greece C. Iraq D. Egypt E. Israel

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