Identify three organizations that support applied anthropological research
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: USAID, World Bank, WHO, Ford Foundation, Population Council, BIA, USDA, and private corporations, etc.
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Apes have longer arms than legs, which is adaptive for
A. brachiation. B. knuckle-walking. C. foraging. D. grooming. E. physical defense.
The largest (known) primate that ever lived is
A. Giganto erectus. B. Toumai. C. Gigantopithecus. D. Orrorin tugenensis. E. the gorilla.
The uprising against the Mexican government in Chiapas during the 1990s was a Mayan reaction to all of the following EXCEPT __________
a. the expansion of wealthy ranchers into Mayan land b. the flooding of Mayan land for hydroelectric projects c. agreements between the Mexican government and pharmaceutical companies for exploitation of forest resources d. public projects to develop and generate electricity from hydropower that led to water shortages on indigenous lands
The perspective in anthropology that analyzes cultural elements in terms of their useful effects to individuals or to the persistence of the whole society is called:
a. Functionalism. b. Cultural materialism. c. Unilineal evolutionism. d. Critical anthropology.