In order to reduce the incidence of blood feuding, the Nuer of East Africa employed __________ as recognized mediators in feuds

a. non-Nuer mediators
b. leopard-skin chiefs
c. clan leaders
d. elderly women


b

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A __________ is a person who has special gifts to make contact with the spirit world, often in a state of trance

a. medium b. faith healer c. priest d. prophet

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Despite many differences in details, all cultures share a number of common cultural features including:

a. marriage systems. b. a system of distribution. c. a system of communication. d. a system of education. e. each of the systems listed here.

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Consistent with the biomedical paradigm, physicians tend to treat patients __________.

A) with a consideration of the mind-body balance B) for humoral and dietary imbalance C) for underlying causes rather than for obvious symptoms D) as having conditions, rather than as complete people

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The family of ____ is the name of the family in which a child is raised, while the family of ____ is the name of the family established when one marries and has children

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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