In societies where __________ is the kinship system, individuals often choose the descent group that will advantage them the most in resources or power
a. double descent
b. ambilineal descent
c. parallel descent
d. unilineal descent
b
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The Indonesia guiding principles of state include all of the following except:
a. belief in one god. b. cultural diversity. c. ?social justice. d. democracy.
What was a major function of music, dance, and poetry in chiefdom societies?
A. to provide entertainment and comic relief for the chief and his family B. to pay homage to the legitimacy of the chiefs and their ancestral deities C. to enable the lower classes to have an outlet for their hostilities that did not threaten the chiefs D. to enhance the status of the chiefdom in relation to other chiefdoms in the area
The family __________ is a good candidate for the common ancestor of all Old World monkeys
a. Cebinae b. Victoriapithecidae c. Aotinae d. Callitrichinae
Which of the following is an ethnohistorian primarily interested in?
a. Reconstructing the actual historical events b. Evidence of earlier literate peoples c. The ethnocentrism of the records d. Reconstructing the cultural system of the people