The presumed victims of bewitchment in the Salem witchcraft scare had symptoms consistent with __________.

A) syphilis
B) ergot poisoning
C) schizophrenia
D) lead poisoning


B) ergot poisoning

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Which of these is NOT one of the market principles around which a market economy is organized?

a. Almost all privately owned goods and services are bought and sold. b. Most people make their living selling their labor or goods on the market. c. Supply and demand determine the allocation of the factors of production. d. Prices and trading practices are closely regulated by the government.

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As a general rule, most societies divide labor by gender so that

a. women clear land and tend crops. b. men collect firewood, carry water, and clear land. c. men engage in warfare, hunt large animals, and clear land. d. women have children, but men participate daily in their upbringing. e. women and men have tasks that do not overlap or depend upon each other at all.

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Compared to those of the Middle Stone Age, Late Stone Age and Upper Paleolithic tools __________

a. were crafted with less skill b. were less standardized c. changed more rapidly and more frequently d. included less tools made from shell and bone

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All modernizing societies undergo, in a fixed sequence, the stages of technological development, agricultural development, industrialization, and urbanization

a. True b. False

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