Religion provides people with reassurance in the face of crisis. It explains hardship and alleviates suffering. This reasoning is part of ____ theories of religion
a. sociological
b. political
c. intellectual/cognitive
d. psychological
d
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____ is biological; ____ is cultural
a. Gender / sex b. Self-identity / social identity c. Sex / gender d. Social identity / self-identity
Colonies are politically and economically __________ in relation to their home countries
a. subordinate b. dominant c. disconnected d. equal
This chapter mentions the work of Wolf and Mintz, both students of Julian Steward, as illustrations of approaches that
A. put human agency at the center of cultural analysis. B. focus on the study of cultures as closed systems, untouched by regional and even global dynamics. C. ignore the role of history in shaping culture as we know it. D. consider the relevance of world-system theory and political economy to anthropology. E. are just as deterministic as the old evolutionary models, but for different reasons.
Because organic materials such as sticks and bones are usually well preserved in the archaeological record, we have good evidence of the earliest stages of hominin cultural modifications
Indicate whether the statement is true or false