How do social scientists generally measure the degree of class mobility?
A) by ranking the various classes living within a single neighborhood
B) by determining the class of friends of the average middle-class child
C) by comparing the class of individuals with the class of their parents
D) by measuring the number of classes that most people believe exist in their society
C) by comparing the class of individuals with the class of their parents
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A. allow for stereoscopic vision B. are more sensitive to low intensities of light than are rods C. sense color D. none of these
Archaeologists studying sunken ships off the coast of Florida or analyzing the content of modern garbage are examples of how
A. archaeologists study the culture of historical and even living peoples. B. Hollywood has popularized archaeology in recent movies, making it a popular college major. C. archaeology is going through an identity crisis, with its practitioners questioning the discipline's focus on studying prehistory. D. archaeology is free from having to worry about the impact of its work on people. E. training in the use of research skills for extreme environments—such as landfills and the deep sea—are worth the time, resources, and risk for the sake of the anthropological knowledge gained.
Which of the following sites has the most complete and best-studied paleoarchaeological record of any early hominin site in the world?
a. Hadar b. Olduvai Gorge c. the Potwar Plateau d. Omo e. Lake Turkana
Industrialization began in northern Europe in the __________
a. seventeenth century b. mid-nineteenth century c. late eighteenth century d. mid-sixteenth century