Creole languages are commonly found in regions where different linguistic groups come into contact with one another

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: True

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Which of the following assumptions is formal economic theory based on?

a. The value of a particular commodity decreases as it becomes more scarce. b. Only occasionally do people maximize their material well-being. c. People, when exchanging goods and services, naturally strive to maximize material well-being and profits. d. Families will compete against each other to assert rights of ownership and allocation. e. In societies where there is formal market exchange (commercialism), the market will determine all economicactivities of individuals.

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Chimpanzees are capable of using open systems of communication

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Which of the following statements about U.S. racial categories is true?

A. U.S. racial categories are based on global racial categories that vary little among societies. B. U.S. racial categories are applied to endogamous breeding populations. C. U.S. racial categories are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based in biology. D. U.S. racial categories are based on genetics, whereas Japan's are based upon undemonstrated descent. E. U.S. racial categories are biologically valid, as demonstrated by the Phipps case in the 1970s in Louisiana.

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Millions of people in Pakistan were affected by flooding in 2010 and 2011 that resulted in part from ______ and dam construction

a. deforestation b. mining c. excessive fishing d. demographic implosion e. bad plumbing

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