In the Cook Islands of the South Pacific, contact with Europeans led to which of the following?
a. an increase in secondary burials
b. the rapid elimination of indigenous mortuary practices
c. the dead being buried closer to the living
d. an increase in individual burials
Correct Answer: d
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A) Because the Ojibwa emphasize ritual in their healing practices, the physician should bring a traditional healer to work alongside him or her in the hospital. B) The Ojibwa believe that serious illness is retribution for wrongdoing, so the patient should be given an opportunity to make amends along with his or her biomedical treatment. C) The Ojibwa have no concept of germ theory, so the patient should be taught from biology textbooks so he or she will understand the principles of the treatment. D) Because the Ojibwa believe in humors, the doctor should emphasize “hot” or “cold” forms of treatment as appropriate.
Ethical relativism is the idea that we cannot impose the values of one society on other societies
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
According to Richard Burger, what best explains the widespread adoption of Chavín religion as evidenced by the spread of Chavín iconography across the central Andes between 500 and 250 BC?
a. Political expansion; local communities were subject to military occupation by Chavín society, and local religions were prohibited and quickly replaced by Chavín religion. b. The reliance of neighboring communities on Chavín agricultural crops; crops were traded to local communities in exchange for political and religious allegiance to Chavín society. c. The extension of a powerful shared cosmology which resulted in the growth of complex interregional exchange networks. d. The spread of animal species accompanying an increasingly drier climate. e. The reliance on ceramic traditions throughout Amazonia.
In a matrilineal society, a boy's father figure is his:
a. maternal grandfather. b. mother's sister's husband. c. biological father. d. father's sister's husband. e. mother's brother.