Cultural life histories are __________
a. historical records on important people in an area
b. long-term research programs that track a culture over many years
c. biographies of individuals within a particular culture
d. voices of people from all the different segments and groups that make up a society
c
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Ana has started a project comparing ethnographic data about educational techniques in Lesotho to data about educational techniques in New York City. This process is known as which of the following?
globalization participant observation historic archaeology ethnology
Compare and contrast ethnocide with genocide
What will be an ideal response?
From a cross-cultural study, Jack Goody learned that bridewealth occurs more frequently in horticultural societies, whereas the dowry system is most frequently found in agricultural states. He hypothesized that one function of the dowry system was to ____
A. consolidate property in the hands of elite groups, thus increasing their wealth and status B. spread wealth out over a larger area so that everyone in the society had about the same level of affluence C. counteract the practice of bridewealth, which was non-adaptive in an agricultural state because it allowed certain families to accumulate too much wealth by selling their daughters to the highest bidder D. create an egalitarian society
Although one's sex is biologically determined, one's __________ is socially constructed
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word