The term, city, applies to urban centers that are characterized by all of the following except
a. specialized occupations
b. social complexity
c. formal organization
d. having been around for all of human history
e. support by lesser communities
d
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Why is the ritual aspect of many ethnomedical traditions so perplexing to Westerners?
A) We have no such rituals in our culture, and so do not understand why they are important. B) There is evidence that ritual actually worsens the outcome of treatment. C) Western cultures believe that the less fuss you make over an illness, the faster it will go away. D) There is an assumption in biomedicine that the mind is fundamentally different from the body.
How do pidgins differ from creoles?
a. Pidgins and creoles are the same. b. Pidgins are not full languages. c. Pidgins combine sounds, grammatical forms, and vocabulary from different languages. d. Pidgins arise during periods of close contact between individuals that speak different languages.
Why does the term "survival of the fittest" not properly describe natural selection?
a. "Survival of the fittest" is a term to describe artificial selection. b. In biological terms, "fitness" is a measure of reproductive success. c. Natural selection applies only to some organisms, whereas "survival of the fittest" applies to all organisms. d. "Survival of the fittest" is a better way to describe evolution than natural selection.
Anthropology aimed very purposefully at practical results is referred to as
a. modernization anthropology. b. applied anthropology. c. theoretical anthropology. d. new age anthropology. e. globalization anthropology.