The majority of kinship systems found in the world are based on the unilineal principle

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


True

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Typically, circular migrants are also __________

A) chain migrants B) refugees C) illegal migrants D) labor migrants

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Which of the following is not associated with the career of Louis Leakey?

a. Discovery of a late Miocene ape at Fort Ternan, Kenya b. Worked at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania c. Was instrumental in setting up some of the earliest primatological research studies d. Worked with A.T. Hopwood to discover the first Miocene ape fossil named Proconsul e. Was the first scientist to uncover a Neanderthal fossil

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Increasing dependence on a global marketplace makes our food supply vulnerable to economic volatility

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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This chapter mentions the work of Wolf and Mintz, both students of Julian Steward, as illustrations of approaches that

A. ignore the role of history in shaping culture as we know it. B. consider the relevance of world-system theory and political economy to anthropology. C. focus on the study of cultures as closed systems, untouched by regional and even global dynamics. D. put human agency at the center of cultural analysis. E. are just as deterministic as the old evolutionary models, but for different reasons.

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