What is dowry?

What will be an ideal response?


It is a transfer of goods or money from the bride's family to the groom or to the
groom's family.

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The four most important food crops today in the world are corn, wheat, rice, and __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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In South America, many traditional religious ceremonies involve the use of tryptamins, which are __________

a. stimulants b. depressants c. powerful hallucinogens d. sedatives

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Academic and applied anthropology have a symbiotic relationship, as theory aids practice and application fuels theory

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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From his observations in England and his analysis of 19th-century industrial capitalism, Karl Marx saw socioeconomic stratification as a sharp division between two classes: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. He also argued that class consciousness comes about as a result of

a: the continuation of ethnic identities even though ethnic "markers" (distinct clothing styles, etc) have more or less disappeared b: people recognizing they have a common economic interest and identifying themselves as part of the group that shares that interest c: a growing distinction among religious beliefs in complex industrialized societies d: people extending notions of kinship beyond the boundaries of actual biological relations e: the gradual elaboration of gendered differences first established during the period of peasant substance farming

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