Nelson (1990) found that women in her study switched from Standard English to African-American Vernacular English at certain points in her interviews in order to ___________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


display solidarity/emphasize community membership/establish rapport

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The opposite of cultural relativism is __________

A. biological relativism B. ethnocentrism C. biological realism D. historical particularism

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One important use of applied archaeology mentioned in the text is:

a. To settle border disputes between modern nations. b. To prove the fundamental truths of evolution. c. To demonstrate the ancient presence of humans in the Americas and in China. d. To demonstrate that no Europeans were present in North America before Columbus. e. To increase agricultural yields by revitalizing ancient irrigation techniques.

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Although diffusionism was a very interesting theory that contributed to our understanding of change as a result of culture contact, there were many areas for which it was a weak approach. Name at least four questions that the diffusionist approach could not answer

What will be an ideal response?

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According to the anthropologists Sapir and Whorf, vocabulary in every language primarily reflects:

A) ?the way native speakers view the world. B) ?key grammatical issues. C) ?unspoken truths about a culture. D) ?the ways in which language is universal.

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