What is the primary reason that anthropologists employ a rational view of another culture (cultural relativism)?
a. Anthropology has always tried to be different from other sciences.
b. Anthropologists are very liberal and employ liberal perspectives.
c. It is the only scientific way to consider other people and their belief systems.
d. It is a major rule to follow in our discipline.
e. It is the best way to understand another culture.
e
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a. degree of groupness b. size c. ability to influence performance d. social class e. all of the above
Starting around 500 B.C., the population of Oaxaca shifted from San José Mogote to ________.
A. El Mirador B. Chichén Itzá C. Tikal D. Tenochtitlán E. Monte Albán
During the Upper Paleolithic, the hominin range
A. was limited to Europe and Africa prior to the anatomically modern humans' stage of human evolution. B. moved away from the coasts because of natural disasters like flood and drought. C. reached its territorial maximum by 50,000 B.P. D. expanded to its maximum when Neandertal foragers entered the New World. E. expanded significantly, in large part due to Homo's increasing reliance on cultural means of adaptation.
As an initial change from the Neolithic period, researchers found that high crop yields, resulting from agricultural innovations:
a. made more protein available so the brain could expand. b. provided more food for people, beginning an obesity epidemic. c. contributed to high populations densities in ancient civilizations. d. freed up people to become involved with trade speculation. e. allowed large empires to obtain global dominance.