How is the cultural construction of race in Brazil different from that of the United States?
What will be an ideal response?
In Brazil, there is no dichotomy of race. Instead, it is complex because of historical background, inconsistently applied, and uses multiple terms and categories. Economic progress tends to "lighten" the racial category as well.
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a. one’s culture is no better or no worse than any other. b. other cultures are inferior to one’s own. c. other cultures are superior to one’s own. d. to understand another cultural feature, you must look at it from within its proper cultural context. e. it is not possible to fully understand any culture other than your own.
A sodality:
a. disconnects a tribe. b. distinguishes a tribe from a band. c. is only based on age sets. d. All of these are true of sodalities.
Unlike warfare in other types of societies, warfare in state societies __________
a. is conducted by professional specialists b. is conducted with careful limits on who is involved and harmed c. involves combatant soldiers on a voluntary basis d. rarely results in a clear victorious and defeated party
Signs of health and disease in individuals provide bioarchaeologists with insight into __________
a. the health status of a past population b. the evolution of disease c. nutritional status over time d. all of the above