The fact that the horse became a measure of wealth for the Lakota people illustrates which of the following?
a. Without a monetary-based economy, the Lakota used the horse as a means of currency.
b. As the Lakota territory grew in size, horses were required as a means for transportation.
c. European innovations and values influenced the Lakota to amass horses for trade.
d. The trade economy resulted in the replacement of the values of equality with the pursuit of wealth and status.
d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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A) patterns. B) new discoveries. C) ritual activity. D) complex thought. E) human biological evolution.
When an organism actively perturbs the environment in ways that modify the selection pressures experienced by subsequent generations of organisms, it is said to be engaged in
A. natural selection B. gene flow C. genetic drift D. niche construction
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a. The emphasis on conducting first hand fieldwork b. The importance of cultural relativism c. Evidence that biological differences and cultural differences are independent of each other d. All of these are contributions of Boas.