Who focused on religion's explanatory role and argued that religion would eventually disappear as science provided better explanations?
A. Margaret Mead
B. Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
C. Bronislaw Malinowski
D. Claude Lévi-Strauss
E. Sir E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Answer: B
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What was the impact of intensive agriculture on the peasants whose farming fed the populations of the emerging state societies?
a. New materials made tools that enabled them to earn more money for themselves. b. Specialization led to more sophisticated engineering and better homes for them. c. The invention of writing permitted more accurate accounts of their work and taxes paid. d. Peasants were the group who received the greatest benefits from the intensive agriculture.
Which anthropologist stated that the purpose of anthropology is to “make the world safe for human differences”?
a. Nancy Scheper-Hughes b. Catherine Bateson c. Mary Douglas d. Margaret Mead e. Ruth Benedict
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Which of the following statements about the processes states utilize to resolve relationships between a central identity and disparate ethnic groups is FALSE?
a. A state may choose a dominant ethnic identity, equating the national culture with this particular ethnic group. b. A state may maintain a pluralistic attitude toward cultural differences. c. A state may assert a uniformity of culture, subsuming and homogenizing differences. d. A state's strategies to consolidate ethnic identities does not change over time.