What does a woman gain from having lovers in Ju/wasi society?
a) Equality in some situations
b) More yams and pigs
c) Increased social prestige
d) Nothing
ANS: A
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The techniques that anthropologists have used to analyze myth and folktales can be extended to two popular films in American culture, The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars. Which of the following would NOT be a part of such an analysis, revealing the similarities between the two films?
A. In both movies, fairy-tale heroes are often accompanied on their adventures by secondary characters who personify the virtues needed for a successful quest. B. Confirming Lévi-Strauss's analysis of myths around the world, these movies have many secondary cultural references that only cultured audiences are able to perceive and appreciate. C. Both films focus on the child's relationship with the parent of the same sex, dividing that parent into three parts. D. Both heroes use magic to accomplish their goals. E. Star Wars is a systematic structural transformation of The Wizard of Oz.
Linguistic stratification can occur between dialects when one is considered a prestige dialect, as is the case with High German and Low German, and with Standard English (SE) and African American Vernacular English (AAVE).
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The marginal product of labor is equal to the change in ________ divided by the change in ________.
A) output; labor B) cost; labor C) labor; cost D) labor; output
Biological and cultural changes enabled H. erectus to exploit a new adaptive strategy—gathering and hunting. This in turn was crucial for H. erectus to
A. diminish the rate of mortalities due to violent encounters with large animals and other hominins. B. overcome its greatest challenge: an imperfect bipedal gait. C. beat out H. habilis in competition for key ecological niches. D. push the hominin range beyond Africa, into Asia and Europe. E. bring about the onset of complex language.