Which of the following is a third gender category in India?
A) xanith
B) two-spirit
C) hijra
D) phuuchai
Answer: C
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a. Prosimii? Anthropoidae b. hominin? hominid c. grade? clade d. clade? grade e. ancestral group? derived group
A tribute is:
a. a person who is sacrificed in a ritual. b. a prayer to the gods. c. special rituals for an important person. d. goods rendered to an authority.
A critical thing that anthropology teaches us is:
a. To the greatest degree possible, indigenous cultures should be preserved intact for future generations. b. Efforts at global development will ultimately fail because of human nature. c. In general, traditional people had better ways of doing things than modern people do. d. Problems we face are ultimately not the result of human nature, and thus, solutions are possible. e. Ultimately, and inevitably, people will solve the problems and dilemmas that face modern cultures.
Unlike in the Old World, plant domestication in the New World
A. occurred after the first sedentary communities. B. occurred before the first sedentary communities. C. was not necessary for the development of states, such as Teotihuacan. D. did not involve edible plants. E. was abandoned.