Describe two differences and two similarities between shamanic healers and Western biomedical healers

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Shamanic healers interface with the spiritual realm.
2. Western biomedical healers focus on technical solutions.
3. Both may undergo training and a certification process.
4. Both typically require some form of payment.

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According to the Marger reading (“African Americans,” assigned for the African Americans class), like Asian Americans, African Americans aren’t seen as real Americans

a. true b. false

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In Africa, premodern Homo sapiens fossils have been found in all of the following EXCEPT

a. Ethiopia. b. South Africa. c. Zambia. d. Egypt. e. Tanzania.

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Describe the Rift Valley, and include information such as where it is, how large it is, what its characteristics are, and why it is important.

What will be an ideal response?

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________ are the major components of fieldwork in archaeological anthropology

A. The genealogical method and excavation B. Excavation and participant observation C. Systematic survey and excavation D. Systematic survey and the emic perspective E. Stratigraphy and taphonomy

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