According to Mueller in "The Worst Lover: Boyfriend Spirits in Senegal," one of the most common reasons a faru rab attaches itself to women or girls is because of their

a. beauty and style of dress.
b. sexually promiscuous behavior.
c. lack of terenga, or hospitality.
d. disrespectful treatment of their elders.


Correct Answer: a

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a. incidence of disease tends to rise in areas facing rapid culture change b. environmental degradation caused by commercial development is high in these areas c. the tremendous influx of tourists into these areas has caused rapid contagion d. many of the more modern lifestyles that people adopt bring more diseases to these areas e. health problems are aggravated by rapid urbanization

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According to the Castles and Miller reading (from theĀ Age of Migration, assigned for the Immigration Policy class), governments of receiving countries have tried controlling immigration by cracking down on human smuggling and trafficking

a. true b. false

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________ selection is bimodal; that is, it favors more than one form of the trait's variation, usually those at opposite ends of the spectrum.

A. Disruptive B. Natural C. Directional D. Stabilizing

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Studies investigating differences in the way men and women talk are examples of sociolinguistics.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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