According to Patten in the article "Malawi Versus the World Bank," the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund sought to loan Malawi money in the 1980s until recently because the people there were no longer able to meet their daily need for food
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
F
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To explain why human evolution would proceed gradually and in the same direction in various parts of the Old World, multiregional theorists point to cultural improvements in ______________
a. clothing b. hunting tools and cooking technology c. teeth care d. language and communication
Which of the following best describes the approach of participant observation?
a. It is a focus on participation that allows the anthropologist to be self-reflexive and write the ethnographic research from a first person account. b. It is a direct experiential approach in which the anthropologist lives with the people under study. c. Participant observation means that the anthropologist uses numerous key informants to help him or her best understand another culture. d. This approach was used in the early years of anthropology when researchers had to travel for weeks to arrive in a community. e. This fieldwork method is the hallmark of anthropology and involves very intensive surveying and use of questionnaires.
A gender ideology is:
a. social stratification in which the differentiation of gender is minimized so that there is a possibility of gender egalitarianism. b. a form of coercive power that creates gender asymmetry in every society similarly. c. a belief system in which gender plays the central and most important role in every social norm and practice. d. ?a system of shared ideas and symbols that justify and authenticate a particular gender system.
Which of the following societies is most likely to practice bride service?
A) African agriculturalists B) Asian horticulturalists C) Native American foragers D) European industrialists