What is the term for a social position that a person is born into?
a. Power
b. Prestige
c. Ascribed status
d. Achieved status
Answer: c
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According to Spradley, culture, itself, is a kind of
a. behavior. b. artifact. c. knowledge. d. ideal system.
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The earliest well-dated remains of a modern-looking human in east Asia comes in the form of a 41,000-year-old partial skeleton from:
a. Tianyuan Cave, China. b. Zhoukoudian, China. c. Ngandong, Java. d. Liang Bua, Flores.
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Which of the following was NOT used by traditional Inuit to handle disputes?
A. blood feuds B. song contests C. killing of the offender D. courts of law E. kin ties
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According to the text, a religious specialist who speaks through the supernatural being is best defined as a:
a. sorcerer. b. ?spirit medium. c. witch. d. healer and trancer.
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