The fact that there are thousands of languages tells us that language is __________
A) not completely biologically determined
B) not affected by cultural variation
C) arranged primarily by geography
D) the most difficult aspect of cultural anthropology
Answer: A
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Modern foragers are not Stone Age relics, living fossils, lost tribes, or noble savages. Still, to the extent that foraging has been the basis of their subsistence, contemporary and recent hunter-gatherers
A. are the closest we can come to studying true human nature. B. illustrate links between foraging economies and the emergence of social stratification. C. suggest that the most basic motive driving human survival is the need for power. D. can illustrate links between foraging economies and other aspects of society and culture, such as their sociopolitical organization. E. illustrate the social precursors to hegemony.
In 1996 the Oakland Board of Education mistakenly claimed that "Ebonics" was derived from __________ and was not a dialect of English
a. Caribbean Creoles b. Wolof c. French and Nigerian d. Niger-Congo African languages
Polygyny is
A. a situation in which a man has more than one wife at the same time. B. the custom whereby a widower marries the sister of his dead wife. C. the type of marriage that follows divorce. D. a situation in which a woman has more than one husband at the same time. E. the custom whereby a wife marries the brother of her dead husband.
The first codified laws originated in the near eastern civilization of Babylon. Based on standardized procedures for dealing with civil and criminal offenses, this Babylonian code of law is known as the:
a. Laws of Babylon b. Precepts of order c. Code of hammurabi d. Civil enactments of order