What new technology was introduced to the Yir Yoront in the 1930s causing social disruption?
a. Motor vehicles
b. Long-range rifles
c. Steel axes
d. ?Electric chainsaws
ANSWER:
c
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The woman-woman marriage custom found in sub-Saharan Africa is associated with all of the following except:
a. enables a woman without sons to inherit a share of her husband's property. b. confers legitimacy on the children of a woman who had been unable to find a husband. c. enables the woman who adopts a male identity to raise her status. d. enables the woman who is the wife of the female husband to raise her status and live a more secure life. e. enables the women to engage in sexual activity with each other.
The first person to make a systematic attempt to demonstrate the existence of a prehistoric period was:
A. Charles Darwin B. Jacques Boucher de Perthes C. Comte de Buffon D. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
“culture-bound” theory is a:
a. prediction that is bound to be fulfilled in a particular culture. b. theory developed by a cultural anthropologist rather than a physical anthropologist. c. theory developed by a sociologist rather than a cultural anthropologist. d. theory based on assumptions common to a particular culture rather than deriving from comparisons of many different cultures. e. theory based on comparison of cultures and not tied to a single cultural worldview
Gender differences among tropical and semitropical foragers shows that
A. there is no sex-based division of labor. B. women never take part in hunting. C. the status of women is much lower than it is among northern foragers like the Inuit. D. women's work usually contributes more to the diet than does men's work; consequently, there is less gender stratification. E. the distinction between public and domestic spheres of activity is much sharper than it is in most horticultural societies.