Jared Diamond's explanation for the development of colonial empires in Eurasia and not in Africa or South America is based on:

A. the more extensive development of agriculture in Europe
B. the greater availability of domesticable plants and animals in Europe
C. the East-West orientation of the European continent
D. all of these


D. all of these

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Anthropology is usually divided into four fields, but some people claim that a fifth, known as __________, should be included

A) interpretivist anthropology B) functionalist anthropology C) applied anthropology D) theoretical anthropology

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Which of these provides an example of analogies?

A. the mammary glands of dogs and cats B. similarities in chromosomal DNA between apes and humans C. five-digited hands and feet among baboons and macaques D. porpoise fins and fish fins E. bony eye sockets in chimps and gorillas

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If a woman and a man both lift weights and become muscular, it follows that their offspring:

A. are more likely to be muscular B. will inherit their father's, but not their mother's, muscularity C. will be genetically weaker D. will not be more muscular simply because their parents lift weights

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Which of the following does NOT belong with the others?

a. alienation b. Brecht c. epic d. theatre of cruelty e. Verfremdungseffekt

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