If you cannot determine the exact age of an artifact, but you know by its composition that it is older than a known date, the dating technique used is called:

a. chronometric dating
b. relative dating
c. superimposition
d. absolute dating


b

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Paleospecies are defined in terms of:

A. the potential for gene flow from one paleospecies to the next B. geographical range C. morphological variation D. all of these

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What is the idea that physical differences cause cultural differences called?

a. Cultural universals b. Biological determinism c. Evolutionary theory d. Cultural integration

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In the myth of Tabaldak and Odziozo, Tabaldak first created the Abenakis from stone, and then from living wood

What does this tell us about the functions of myths? a. Myths function to tell actual history? the Abenakis believe that they were originally made of wood. b. Myths bring humor into the lives of the Abenakis because they are so ridiculous. c. Myths function primarily to provide entertainment? the Abenakis know they were not made from wood, but like to tell this story to visiting anthropologists who are so gullible. d. Myths function to express a culture’s worldview? the Abenakis see themselves as belonging to the world of living things rather than to the nonliving world of stone. e. Myths provide knowledge of woodworking and stonemasonry to the Abenakis.

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Portes and Rumbaut’s segmented assimilation theory (from “Not Everyone is Chosen,” assigned for the Second Generation Immigrant Minorities class) argues that second generation immigrant descendants assimilate faster than the third generation

a. true b. false

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