What tragic effect of climate change is the Republic of Kiribati suffering?
a. Increase in volcanoes
b. Loss of land due to rising sea levels
c. Drought that prevents lands from being farmed
d. Lack of water as glaciers continue to retreat
e. Influx of pests and diseases
ANSWER:
b
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a. Taphonomic research suggests that humans played little, if any, role in the deaths of the 500 bison at the site. b. The presence of hundreds of projectile points among the bison bone strongly suggests the bison were dispatched by human hunters. c. The presence of unequivocal cutmarks on many of the bison bone provides strong evidence of butchery by humans. d. The fact that most of the bison bones were highly disarticulated and scattered provides evidence of butchering by humans. e. Based on studies elsewhere the bison were determined to have been shot, or they froze to death or died of old age.
All of the following statements about the naming ceremony are true except:
a. personal names create a sense of individual identity. b. through naming, the social group acknowledges the child’s birthright. c. names express multiple aspects of the group identity as well. d. naming creates social identity. e. all cultures have some ceremony to mark the naming of a child.
The Dmanisi fossils prove that __________
a. Homo erectus moved out of Africa early in its existence b. Homo erectus took an aquatic route out of Africa c. Homo ergaster is the same as Homo erectus d. Homo erectus and Homo habilis should not be members of the same species
________ magic is based on the belief that whatever is done to an object will affect a person who once had contact with it
A. Contagious B. Imitative C. Serial D. Sequential E. Simultaneous