Shamans:
a. often make contact with the spirit world by entering a trance.
b. must use a vision quest to attain their powers.
c. perform rituals, but leave the curing of illness to medicine men.
d. are full-time religious practitioners.
A
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A political system ruled by men in which women have inferior status is a(n)
A. matriarchy. B. patriarchy. C. patrilocality. D. patrilineality. E. anarchy.
Phylogeny is the:
A. determination of whether a similarity is due to inheritance from a common ancestor or not B. study of fossil organisms D. study of how organisms relate to their environment
The transition from foraging to food production __________
A. leads to higher mortality rates, poorer sanitation, and decreased life expectancies B. is always accompanied by an immediate decrease in population density C. was accomplished in one area of the world and diffused to other areas D. caused mortality to decline and life expectancy to increase
Most chiefdoms are associated with:
a. foraging societies. b. pastoral societies. c. horticultural societies. d. agricultural societies.