Irrigation in ancient Sumer, the Industrial Revolution, and agriculture in the Amazonian rainforest are all examples of __________
a. the successful use of technology to overcome difficulties in the long run
b. short-term failures
c. cultural practices with long-term maladaptive results
d. cultural stagnation
c
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All of the following are evidence of the tendency to view culture as a process EXCEPT
A. analysis that attempts to establish boundaries between cultures. B. practice theory. C. attention to agency in anthropological analysis. D. interest in public, collective, and individual dimensions of day-to-day life. E. interest in how acts of resistance can make and remake culture.
Kin groups that trace descent from a common ancestor and who can demonstrate those genealogical links among themselves are called:
A) moieties. B) clans. C) kindreds. D) corporate descent groups. E) lineages.
Why do North Americans and Japanese have different perspectives on harvesting human organs from those not yet declared dead?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following are types of societies based on levels of social inequality?
a. Band, tribe, chiefdom, and state b. Stratified, ascribed, and achieved c. Egalitarian and state societies d. Egalitarian, rank, and stratified e. Hunting and gathering, horticultural, pastoral, and agricultural