Because of the biomechanical requirements of hard object chewing, ________ cranial capacity may have increased while brain size remained constant

a. gracile australopithecine
b. robust australopithecine
c. Homo erectus
d. Neandertal


Correct Answer: b

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A. Charles Lyell B. Charles Darwin C. William Smith D. Carolus Linnaeus

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The status systems of chiefdoms and states are similar in that both are based on differential access to resources. Nevertheless, a key distinction is that

A. the status system of chiefdoms can sometimes function in a completely egalitarian manner when the populations are small enough. B. in chiefdoms, women are always excluded from the competition for status, whereas in states, this gender difference does not exist. C. stratum endogamy exists in chiefdoms but not in state status systems. D. status is much more important to leaders in chiefdoms than in states. E. differential access in chiefdoms is still very much tied to kinship.

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Which statement about the "feminization of poverty" is FALSE?

a. It applies to women all over the world. b. The inequities worldwide of gender and economics are increasing. c. It has little relationship to gender segregation in the American workforce. d. Female-headed households with children are much less powerful than families that include a male adult. e. It is particularly severe for minority women in the United States.

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In which kinship terminology are ego’s “brother” and “sister” distinguished from “cousins” and both father’s brother and mother’s brother are given the same kinship term, “uncle”?

a. Eskimo b. Iroquois c. Hawaiian d. Crow e. Omaha

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