Mandatory boarding school attendance for the children of indigenous societies resulted in which of the following?

a. The loss of the concept of family
b. A cultural shift in gender roles
c. A loss of language and cultural knowledge
d. A decline in food supply due to loss of child labor


Answer: c

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Which of the following is an example of cultural relativism?

attempts to comprehend the motives behind the 9/11 attacks attempts to explain why one religious practice is superior to another attempts to introduce iPhones to a rural population in Mongolia attempts to explain the dangers of starvation rituals to an indigenous group

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Structural genes are involved in such features as:

A) energetic and biosynthetic activities of the body B) eye color and susceptibility to certain diseases C) lifespan and body weight D) skin color and metabolism E) susceptibility to certain diseases and metabolism

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By ________ in Europe, the syphilis bacterium mutated into venereal syphilis, and it became a major killer during the Renaissance

A. 1252 B. 1380 C. 1402 D. 1493 E. 1628

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