What do we call a cleric whose authority is based on his or her ability to achieve direct contact with the supernatural?
What will be an ideal response?
This is a shaman.
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The border fence separating the United States from Mexico is facing opposition from which Native American Indian group?
A) Apache B) Tohono O'odham C) Nez Perce D) Assiniboine E) Zuni
Which of the following best illustrates urban applied anthropologists' ability to help social groups deal with urban institutions?
A. "culture at a distance" studies among Japanese and Germans in an attempt to predict the behavior of the enemies of the United States B. anthropological analysis of the relation between Malagasy descent groups and the state C. Kottak's comparative study of development projects from around the world D. analysis of differences between personalistic and naturalistic disease theories among the rural poor of the U.S. E. Vigil's study of gang violence in the context of large-scale immigrant adaptation to U.S. cities
Subcultures have all of the following characteristics except:
a. they are subsets of the wider culture. b. they always enjoy all the benefits of the mainstream culture. c. they retain a level of cultural uniqueness that sets them apart. d. they are neither inferior nor superior to mainstream culture. e. they do not control society’s major institutional structures.
Another name for kindred is "the relatives."
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false