What is ethnocentrism?

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture is most desirable and superior to all others.

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A third major extinction event is occurring now, and according to some scientists, it may have begun in the late Pleistocene or early

a. Holocene. b. Cambrian. c. Ordovician. d. Jurassic. e. Miocene.

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Using Excel, the manager of Quick Breaks Coffees has estimated the daily demand function for its regular coffees; the results are shown in the table above. Which of the following statements is correct?



A) The manager can be 95 percent confident that the true slope coefficient for price is positive.
B) The manager can be 95 percent confident that the true slope coefficient for price lies between -24.01 and -20.96.
C) The manager can be 95 percent confident that the true slope coefficient for price is greater than -24.01.
D) The manager can be 95 percent confident that the true slope coefficient for price is equal to zero.

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Early platyrrhines, or New World anthropoid fossils, are found in the late Oligocene of Brazil and are placed into the genus Branisella

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

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A 2012 article in National Geographic notes that one language disappears every 14 days, on average

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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