A unique research strategy of anthropologists that involves learning the language and culture of a group by participating in the group's daily activities is called __________

A. assimilation
B. holistic interaction
C. ethnography
D. participant observation


Answer: D

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Most archaeologists consider a society to be a civilization when it has all of the features specified in V. Gordon Childe's classic definition

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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When peas with red flowers are crossed with peas with white flowers and then the resulting plants are AGAIN crossed, what will be the ratio of pea plants with red flowers to plants with white flowers in this SECOND generation?

A. 1:4 B. 1:3 C. 1:1 D. 1:2

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The epidemiological measurement of rate equals __________

a. population at risk/events b. events/population at midyear c. events/population at risk d. crude death rate/ events

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