What do anthropologists consider when trying to assess the status of women (gender stratification) within any particular society?
a. If women are expected to be deferential to men
b. If men's activities are routinely valued more than women's activities
c. If women have decision-making control over their own lives
d. All of these are considerations when assessing women's status.
d
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Most ethnologists think that the essence of culture is the ability to create and use tools
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The demand by “developed” countries for such items as coffee, tea, chocolate, bananas, and beef has led to:
a. pushing subsistence farmers off their land to make way for huge farms and ranches that specialize in cash crops. b. an increase in food supplies in “underdeveloped” nations. c. a return of urban workers to the land where work is now available for them. d. a decrease in the use of pesticides, herbicides, and artificial fertilizers. e. a narrowing of the economic gap between rich and poor in world society today.
Cultural diffusion is very important in cultural change because
a. people are essentially uninventive and unimaginative. b. all important elements of culture came from European societies. c. all important elements of culture came from Asian and African societies. d. it is easier to borrow a thing or idea than it is to invent it. e. it allows cultures to adapt more quickly to their changing environment.
Anthropologists recognize non-human primates as important research subjects because they can be studied in environments similar to those our human ancestors lived in several million years ago
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.