Who generally mediates disputes in tribal societies?

a. young hunters
b. a council of village elders
c. individuals from distant villages
d. groups of related women


b

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A domestic unit of one or more people living in the same residence is called a __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Different cultures have different definitions and numbers of racial categories. This is discussed as evidence that:

a. race is not socially important. b. race and ethnicity mean essentially the same thing. c. race is a cultural construction of social reality. d. race is biological, and not social.

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In the field, ethnographers strive to establish rapport: a good, friendly working relationship, based on personal contact,

A. as well as on payment, based on local standards, for people's time spent with the researcher. B. achieved in large part by engaging in participant observation. C. and if that fails, the next option is to pay people so they will talk about their culture. D. that is necessary in conducting any valuable research in the social sciences, not just anthropology. E. that if done properly ensures the ethnographer's ability to conduct detached, unbiased research.

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In monotheistic religions only one supernatural being can be recognized

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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