A key to evolutionary success over the long run is
A) deep commitment to a specific way of life.
B) the stability to resist change.
C) devising new means of adjustment each time a problem arises.
D) retaining the ability to respond to the environment in flexible ways.
E) perfect adaptation to a specific environment.
D
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A) horticulture B) irrigation agriculture C) food collection D) pastoralism
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Which of the following statements about groups with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex is NOT true?
A. They are sometimes characterized by a view that females are dangerous and polluting. B. Their land and prestige are passed through the females. C. They have strongly developed private–public dichotomies. D. They have their prestige goods under male control. E. They often practice polygyny and have patterns of intervillage raiding.
If a patriarchy is a political system ruled by men, what would a matriarchy be—a political system ruled by women? Anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday, who investigated these questions among the Minangkabau of West Sumatra, found that
A. true matriarchies do not exist. B. women in matriarchies see their male counterparts as being inferior. C. women of newer generations are experimenting with new ideas of gender roles. D. the Minangkabau matriarchy is not the equivalent of female rule because of their belief that decision making should be by consensus. E. although Minangkabau women play a central role in their culture's social, economic, and ceremonial life, they are still regarded as having lower status than men.