Why did the United States adopt the policy of hypodescent?
a. By conflating the cultural and biological, the United States used this policy historically to discriminate
b. This policy was primarily in place as a way to encourage families to produce more children across perceived racial lines.
c. Primarily applied to limit economic transactions across racial groups, it, instead, served to create a caste system in the United States.
d. Hypodescent was used during the epoch of slavery as a way to prevent social and reproductive interaction between the races.
a
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a. in which there is a great amount of geographic mobility. b. that have become industrialized. c. with complex systems of government. d. which are highly stratified. e. where there is a great deal of material surplus (resources).
The cultural knowledge of the supernatural that people use to cope with the ultimate problems of human existence is called
a. personified supernatural power. b. mana. c. transcendental values. d. religion.
The idea of universal and inalienable human rights that are superior to the laws and ethics of any one culture can conflict with some of the ideas central to cultural relativism.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
"Being a man" means:
a. having all X chromosomes b. having an X and Y chromosome c. having sex hormones that are associated with maleness d. being defined as male by one's culture