Americans are familiar with the story of Cinderella. Similar stories may be found throughout the world: a poor, beautiful girl, downtrodden by her stepmother, receives supernatural aid to win the hand of a noble prince who is searching for a bride. Although the circumstances differ (the girl may be a rural peasant or a servant in a great house, the supernatural helper may be a fairy godmother or
a goldfish, the prince may belong to European feudalism or the Aztec empire), all the stories exhibit the same basic:
a. motif.
b. tonality.
c. legend.
d. mythological structure.
e. epic.
a
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a. ancestry b. lineage c. craft profession d. sisterhood
When scientists use the word hominid today, they mean pretty much the same thing as when they used this word twenty years ago.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Why did Jews establish eruvin more than 2,000 years ago?
a. To form a their own governmental unit b. To form a common-interest association based on bureaucracy c. To allow them to adhere to their religious laws d. To allow them to live separated from the entrance of any outsiders e. To form a communal identity that had no involvement with the surrounding society
Today, applied anthropologists view their work as something that
A. should focus primarily on Western cultures. B. must be done in conjunction with governmental entities. C. is a matter of history that is now supplanted by other fields. D. is researched better in academic settings than in the field. E. is designed to assist local people.