Samoan social and political life is organized around a system of social stratification called __________
a. achieved status
b. egalitarian
c. equality
d. rank
d
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The productive technology that harnesses the energy of fossil fuels to satisfy human material needs and wants is called:
a. hunting and gathering. b. agriculture. c. herding. d. industrialism.
The term descent is used by anthropologists to refer to
a. the rules a culture uses to establish affiliations with one’s parents. b. the rules a culture uses to establish affiliations with one’s siblings. c. all blood and marriage relationships that help people distinguish between categories of kin. d. all marriage relationships that help people distinguish between different categories of kin. e. all blood relationships that help people distinguish between different categories of kin.
Dependency theory states that global economic inequality results from __________
A. exploitation of Third World countries by First World countries B. the persistence of traditionalism in preindustrial societies C. exclusion from international trade agreements D. lack of education, which prevents modernization
Which of the following is NOT among contemporary rites of passage?
A. bat mitzvah B. marriage C. initiation D. fasting E. baptism