Given the mobility of people today, anthropologists increasingly are shifting their attention from local communities to
A. texts.
B. hegemonies.
C. post-socialist societies.
D. public transcripts.
E. diasporas.
E
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A "big man" is a
A. person who holds a permanent political office. B. hereditary ruler. C. person of influence and prestige. D. leader who avoids excessive displays of generosity. E. leader who has tremendous power because he is regarded as divine.
According to the Harris poll on occupational prestige:
a. those who earn the most have the highest prestige. b. the relative prestige rankings of occupations remains the same over time. c. over the past 30 years the prestige ranking of teachers has increased. d. the groups with the greatest wealth have the highest prestige rankings.
How did early evolutionists tend to think of Western cultures?
A) They viewed Western cultures as being at the most progressive stage of evolution. B) They believed they were lacking in important knowledge that other cultures already possessed. C) They were extremely relativistic in their thinking, seeing all cultures as morally equivalent. D) There was a rift between ethnocentric and relativistic evolutionists at the time.
Many changes took place in the shift from Classical to Hellenistic Greece. Which of these did NOT occur?
a. tragedy became more popular b. satyr plays disappeared c. theatre buildings were constructed in stone d. comedy became more realistic e. dramatic theory became more important