How is pastoralism different from ranching?

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Pastoralists raise their animals on semi-arid grasslands whose vegetation is not a human food source, while ranchers feed their livestock grain, a human food source.

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Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage. According to Leach, marriage can—but doesn't always—accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

A. give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other. B. give either or both spouses rights to the labor of the other. C. give either or both spouses rights over the latent and manifest functions of the other. D. give either or both spouses rights over the other's property. E. establish a socially significant "relationship of affinity" between spouses and their relatives.

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In traditional Ju/'hoansi society, fathers and mothers alike show great indulgence to children. A result of this indulgence is that the children:

a. do not fear or respect men more than they do women. b. fear both parents equally. c. are spoiled and intolerant of other children. d. do not know how to show proper respect for their fathers. e. have to learn proper respect much later in life.

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Discuss two cases illustrating religion's role in social change.

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The earliest human stone tool tradition was called _______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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