Culture is an integrated and interrelated whole, which means that:
a. people of all different races get along well together.
b. subcultural variations can be tolerated and are of great benefit to a state.
c. if you alter one aspect of a culture, you can drastically affect and possibly even endanger the functioning of the whole.
d. primitive people live in harmony and do not require contact with other cultures, nor do they undergo internal change.
e. society maintains a fragile balance that can be destroyed by any contact with an outside influence.
ANSWER: c
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A. replacing subsistence farming with a viable cash crop. B. replacing outdated traditional techniques of irrigation. C. the top-down strategies developed by the United Nations. D. breaking down corporate descent groups, which are too independent and interfere with development. E. the local government's commitment to improving the lives of its citizens.
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a. Hroswitha b. the fall of Constantinople c. the fall of Rome d. the development of morality plays e. the decline of feudalism
Which statement best describes the relationship between dominance rank and reproductive success (RS) among primate males?
A) Strong rank differences are not characteristic of primate males and, in most species, all adult males have roughly similar levels of RS. B) No association between dominance rank and RS, in either the short-term or the long-term, have been reported for primate males. C) There is a positive lifetime correlation between these variables. Males born low-ranking will father few offspring; males born high-ranking will produce many. D) There is weak corrolation with high RS in both the short term and long term for all high ranking males. E) High rank may occasionally be correlated with high RS in the short-term, but the lifetime effects of rank on reproduction are unknown.