Which of the following statements accurately describes Tiwi society?
a. Women accumulate prestige as they age and accumulate large families.
b. Women accumulate prestige only if they are skilled healers.
c. Men avoid attempts to accumulate prestige in order to avoid conflict.
d. Men use wealth strategically to accumulate prestige.
a
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Rites of passage with stages of separation, transition, and incorporation are part of:
a. ecclesiastical cults. b. shamanistic cults. c. communal cults. d. individualistic cults. e. congregational cults.
Societies that control the use of force and develop military power are usually called __________
a. bands b. tribes c. chiefdoms d. states
According to the text, what is a major challenge in assessing the impact of new cultural practices?
a. Consequences don't appear for years b. The root cause is unknowable c. Few people care to investigate d. Anthropologists look in the wrong places e. Cultural systems will discard them before they are researched
The more different some culture’s beliefs are from your own, the more obvious it is that those beliefs are a cultural construction rather than biologically determined
a. True b. False