Found among the Indians of the Northwest American coast, the potlatch is a mechanism of both redistribution and social ranking

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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What factor correlates with state terrorism against one's own people?

A) totalitarian governments B) overpopulation C) violent religious systems D) social inequalities of wealth

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Robert Carneiro argues that the Inca Empire emerged primarily in response to __________ factors

A) ecological B) historical C) cultural D) linguistic E) political

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As a natural monopoly ________ production, its ________ constantly falls throughout the range of demand.

A) increases; long-run average cost B) increases; sunk cost C) decreases; marginal cost D) decreases; long-run average

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In addition to their stocky bodies, adapted to conserve heat, Neandertals made clothes, developed elaborate tools, and hunted reindeer, mammoths, and woolly rhinos in order to adapt to the cold climate in Europe during the Würm glaciation.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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