What do anthropologists call the feelings of alienation and helplessness that result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture?

a. Cross-cultural shock.
b. Culture shock.
c. Cultural entropy.
d. Alienation orientation.
e. Psychological solipsism.


B

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In 1994, __________________published The Bell Curve, a book arguing that there is a causal link between race and intelligence

a. Sapir and Whorf b. Boas and Weber c. Herrnstein and Murray d. Ember and Ember

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The La Chapelle-aux-Saints skeleton is not a typical Neandertal

a. and therefore not considered to be a Neandertal. b. because it represents what is most likely a deliberate burial. c. because is that of an older male. d. because, as a specimen, it is a nearly complete skeleton. e. because the individual not only had arthritis of the spine but evidences an extreme in the Neandertal range of variation.

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The premodern human fossils from Africa and Europe are more similar to each other than they are to the hominins from Asia

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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