The caste system in India unites hundreds of distinct groupings into __________ varnas, or large groups
a. four
b. six
c. seven
d. nine
Answer: a
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a. before or during b. during or after c. after only d. before, during, or after
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If a society does not have a formalized legal system, it cannot have laws that govern behavior
a. True b. False
Which is the key assumption in Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralism?
A. The human propensity to classify phenomena in certain ways is acquired through enculturation. B. All myths can be classified as either good or evil. C. Human minds have certain universal characteristics that originate in common features of the Homo sapiens brain and lead people everywhere to think similarly regardless of their society or cultural background. D. There is a very specific role for human agency in culture, and the structure of cultural patterns determines that role. E. Cultural patterns determine the human propensity to classify things in certain ways.