The establishment of an integrated global economic system was dependent on
a. the creation of autonomous nations free to develop their own industries and resources.
b. a reduction in economic barriers to trade, such as tariffs and duties.
c. improvements in the efficiency of communication and transportation of goods.
d. All of these are necessary for an integrated global system.
d
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What is the rationale for bridewealth in a patrilineal society? a. The wife is expensive to maintain and the groom must be compensated
b. The wife's family will lose her labor and reproductive capacity. c. The wife's family negotiates a better marriage with a high bridewealth. d. The wife's children will drain resources from her husband's family over time.
According to the Foner and Kasinitz reading(“The Second Generation,” assigned for the Second Generation Immigrant Minorities class), the social assimilation and upward mobility of the second generation is proceeding smoothly without any problems
a. true b. false
The authors of the book argue that the critical factor that led to the victory of the Spanish over the Aztecs in 1521 was that:
a. The Aztecs thought that the Spanish were gods. b. Aztec legend had foretold the coming of disaster "From the East.". c. The Aztecs were afraid of the Spanish horses, having never seen anything like them before. d. The Aztecs had been decimated by a smallpox epidemic and lost half of their number. e. The Aztecs did not understand that the Spanish intended to conquer them.
The large grinding teeth of Paranthropus robustus suggest a diet of
A) mostly meat and, therefore, a hunting lifestyle B) mostly leaves and insects C) grasses D) hard, tough items that required lots of chewing E) mostly fruit