The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years; and half the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: True

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a. ?are found in the dermis. b. ?cause cancer. c. ?are cells that produce carotene. d. ?produce melanin. e. ?only occur in dark-skinned individuals.

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The largest earthen prehistoric structure built north of Mexico is located at:

A. Etowah, Georgia. B. Snaketown in the southern Arizona desert. C. Cahokia in East St. Louis, Illinois. D. the Hopewell site in Ohio. E. Moundville, Alabama.

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The position that because cultures are unique, each one can be evaluated only according to its own standards and values is called:

a. ethnocentrism. b. cultural relativism. c. cultural materialism. d. adaptation. e. pluralism.

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Anthropology is the academic discipline that studies which of the following?

a. Non-Western societies b. African tribes and Native Americans c. All human beings d. Monkeys and other primates

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