What is the primary contribution of interpretive anthropology?

a. Interpretive anthropology has increased awareness of the role of anthropologists.
b. Interpretive anthropology has increased our focus on description and ethnographic detail.
c. Interpretive anthropology has led to a much greater understanding of how cultures change.
d. Interpretive anthropology provides an etic point of view.
e. Interpretive anthropology has not made any new contributions to the field of anthropology.


b

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a. A state may choose a dominant ethnic identity, equating the national culture with this particular ethnic group. b. A state may maintain a pluralistic attitude toward cultural differences. c. A state may assert a uniformity of culture, subsuming and homogenizing differences. d. A state's strategies to consolidate ethnic identities does not change over time.

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The worldwide process through which diverse peoples and nations are integrated into a single system involving flows of technology, transportation, communications, travel, and market exchanges is called:

a. globalization. b. transnationalism. c. consolidation. d. integration.

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The site of Dolni Vestonice provides evidence that:

A. its residents were regularly hunting woolly mammoth. B. structures were being constructed for shelter. C. cannibalism was being practiced. D. All of the answers are correct. E. (A) and (B) above.

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Chimpanzees and humans share what percentage of DNA similarity?

a. 90 b. 95 c. 97 d. 98

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