What kind of exchange takes place at a potlatch ceremony?
A) A chief gives away food and gifts to guests in order to enhance his social status.
B) People provide their annual tribute to the ruling family.
C) Parents of young women give money and gifts to their daughter's future husband.
D) Two friends exchange gifts of relatively equal value.
A
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Some scientists believe that about 65 million years ago an asteroid, meteorite, or comet struck the earth causing mass extinctions. One line of evidence for this event is:
B. the presence of a very large meteorite dated at around 65 million years ago embedded in the ground in central Asia C. a crater in Arizona, measuring about 18 miles across, dated about 65 million years ago D. there is no good evidence for this assumed event
Which of the following is NOT true of the Renaissance?
a. It paralleled a decline in Mediterranean trading. b. It began at different times in different countries. c. It took different forms in different countries. d. It began roughly at the time of the fall of Constantinople. e. It was enabled by important changes in technology.
Which society would probably have the fewest basic color terms?
A) a society whose people have darker eyes B) a society located near the north pole C) a relatively "primitive" society D) a more complex society
There have been at least how many mass extinctions over the course of 570 million years?
a. 15 b. 2 c. 7 d. 20 e. 12