Which of the following is the most common economic marriage transaction cross-culturally?

A) bride service
B) indirect dowry
C) bride price
D) gift exchange


C) bride price

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The find of Kennewick Man implies:

A. humans were in the New World much earlier than previously thought B. European genes may have been included in the genome of the earliest arrivals to the New World C. Europeans arrived in the New World before those from Asia D. all of these

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What is an illness?

A. a nonexistent ailment (only diseases are real) B. an artificial product of biomedicine C. a scientifically described health threat D. a purely linguistic problem E. a condition of poor health perceived by an individual

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In what country do we find the Mekranoti?

a. Paraguay b. Brazil c. Venezuela d. Colombia e. Thailand

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Which of the following does not describe a sipapu?

a. A small pit in a kiva located along the wall opposite the ventilator shaft. b. The place where the Hopis are said to have emerged into this world from the underworld. c. The place through which Hopi communication with the supernatural world takes place. d. A large, round ceremonial structure and appearing in early Pueblo sites and earlier pithouse villages. e. A feature with no apparent material function.

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