What primary goals does religion fulfill for a society?
What will be an ideal response?
It fulfills the need to confront and explain death, it provides hope and relief, it reinforces group norms and provides moral sanctions and ideology, and it is used in healing.
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According to modernization theorists, the primary impediments to economic development are __________
A. foreign investment and exchange B. poor nutrition and health care C. cultural values and traditionalism D. international relief agencies
The preference for male children _____
a. is universal b. doesn’t really exist and only appears in the anthropological literature because of the male bias in anthropology c. is only found in food-collecting (foraging) societies d. is much more common than the rare preference for female children e. ultimately creates a healthy and balanced society
The oldest known stone tools date roughly to 2.6 m.y.a.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Cultural absorption of an ethnic minority is called accommodation
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false