Emile Durkheim's theory of religion stresses the idea that:
a. the function of religion is to explain the unexplainable.
b. religion serves to enhance the power of society's elites.
c. all religious practices derive from a sense of human dependence upon and awe of nature.
d. periodic congregation for the performance of religious rituals promotes social solidarity.
D
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Which of the following was NOT a method used by missionaries to gain control over the indigenous population?
a. Making conversion an economic and political advantage by giving money to converts at trading posts b. Settling previously nomadic communities at permanent settlements near ports and trading posts c. Favoring converted Indians through trade and military alliances d. Absolving all converts of sin and teaching them to be proud of their culture and heritage
In order to intensify production, agriculturalists frequently build irrigation canals and terraces.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which is true about the Spanish site Sima de los Huesos?
a. It dates back to 800,000 years. b. It is made up of only male remains. c. It contains more than 80 percent of all Middle Pleistocene hominin remains. d. It was a collection of Neandertal remains. e. It contained over 100 individuals, most of them family members.
________ focuses on how people with different motives, intentions, and degrees of power and influence manage to create and transform the society in which they live
A. Cultural relativism B. Experimental anthropology C. Interpretive anthropology D. Neoevolutionism E. Practice theory