In chiefdoms, individuals are ranked according to seniority, but everyone is believed to be descended from a common set of ancestors.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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One critical difference between Western ethnocentrism and the ethnocentrism of many other peoples is:

a. Westerners are more ethnocentric than others. b. Westerners are less ethnocentric than others. c. Westerners have more often been in a position to impose their view of culture than have others. d. Western notions of ethnocentrism include religious superiority while others did not. e. Western notions of ethnocentrism were justified while others were not.

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The dry land that connected Australia and Tasmania is known as Beringia

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Societies in which people or kinship groups are ordered in a continuum in relation to each other are called __________

a. ranked societies b. egalitarian societies c. hierarchies d. complex societies

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To ensure group survival, each person must:

a. learn to postpone certain immediate personal satisfactions b. maximize acquisition of all material artifacts possible c. suppress biological needs until they are completely controlled d. become highly trained in global technology to be competitive worldwide

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