The Hawaiian form of kinship is the least complex

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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Among the Agta of the Philippines, women not only gather, they also

A. hunt small animals and do some fishing. B. are the tribal leaders. C. cultivate small food plots inside village defenses. D. fish, while carrying their babies with them. E. are the primary warrior class, except when pregnant or breastfeeding.

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Everyone benefits when we make more and more ethanol from corn

a. True b. False

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From a cross-cultural study, Jack Goody learned that bridewealth occurs more frequently in horticultural societies, whereas the dowry system is most frequently found in agricultural states

He hypothesized that one function of the dowry system was to __________. A. consolidate property in the hands of elite groups, thus increasing their wealth and status B. spread wealth out over a larger area so that everyone in the society had about the same level of affluence C. counteract the practice of bridewealth, which was non-adaptive in an agricultural state because it allowed certain families to accumulate too much wealth by selling their daughters to the highest bidder D. create an egalitarian society

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