What is the system of exchange among American Indians that involves a competitive giveaway in order to attain social status and distribute goods?
What will be an ideal response?
It is the potlatch.
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According to Fish in "Mixed Blood," the striking contrast between the very tall Masai and the stature of the very short Pygmies, both of Africa, is representative of
a. race. b. folk taxonomy. c. hypo-descent. d. human biological variety.
Because the Navajo recognize four distinct genders, they consider homosexual sex to be __________
A) between two people of the same gender B) between two people of the same sex C) generally acceptable D) unheard of
__________ views are subjective and based on insiders' views so that they resemble as much as possible the explanations that people have for their own culture
a. Emic b. Etic c. Structural d. Irrational
The most complete Homo erectus skeleton found to date is the Nariokotome specimen, which includes:
a. facial bones, pelvis, most of the limb bones, ribs and vertebrae. b. facial bones, pelvis, most of the limb bones and ribs. c. facial bones and pelvis. d. facial bones, pelvis and most of the limb bones. e. complete skull, pelvis, most of the limb bones, ribs and vertebrae.