Among the Hopi, which of the following functions as a landholding corporation, allocating land for the support of member households?
a. Lineages
b. Phratries
c. Moieties
d. Extended families
e. Clans
a
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The prominence of women in the politics of Vanatinai is most likely linked to __________.
A) the absence of war B) importance of women’s foraging C) low fertility and child-care responsibilities D) matrilocal residence
The hominins known collectively as the australopiths had at least eight species,
A. Au. sediba. Au. garhi, Au. africanus, Au. afarensis, Au. anamensis, Paranthropus robustus, Paranthropus boisei, and Paranthropus aethiopicus. B. Au. anamensis, Au. afarensis, Au. kenyanthropus, Au. kadabba, Au. garhi, Au. robustus, Au. paranthropus, and Au. sediba. C. but only five of them have been confirmed to be bipedal, thus putting into question that all australopiths were hominins. D. all discovered in Africa except Au. boisei. E. all discovered and named by the Leakey family.
The Stillwater Marsh burial population had a remarkably low percentage of dental caries because
a. grit from plant food ground on metates was incorporated into their diet; this grit acted as a natural abrasive and helped to clean their teeth. b. they ate very little meat, largely subsisting on maize agriculture. c. they were strictly hunter-gatherers, and so their diet was very low in simple carbohydrates and starches. d. none of the above; the Stillwater Marsh burial population had an extremely high percentage of dental caries because their diet was high in carbohydrates. e. the flossed their teeth with blades of dried grass.