Which of the following statements about religion is FALSE?
A. It can both create and maintain social solidarity.
B. It can both create and maintain divisions within society.
C. It is a cultural construction, therefore not a reality.
D. It is, in some cases, ecologically adaptive.
E. It is sometimes a source of conflict.
Answer: C
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a. North Asian Corridor b. Pacific Coastal Route c. Bering Land Bridge d. Australian Connection e. Siberian Highway
In order to understand the basic dynamics of cultural systems, Bronislaw Malinowski introduced and popularized the method of
a. ethnology. b. participant observation. c. recall ethnography. d. synchronic observation.
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a. from South Africa. b. include the most complete adult cranium. c. considered to be Neanderthals. d. considered to be Ardipithecus. e. also called Cro-Magnon.
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a. social rewards distributed to individuals based on skill and age. b. social and material rewards allocated on the basis of age and sex. c. how social and material rewards are distributed among family and kin groups. d. amount of social and material rewards a society has to allocate to its members.