The average birth spacing interval for hunters and gatherers is:
a. 4 to 5 years
b. 3 to 4 years
c. 2 to 3 years
d. 1 to 2 years
a
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In South Sudan, a Nuer woman can marry a woman if her father has only daughters but no male heirs. This is done to maintain the patrilineage. The "wife" has sex with one or more men until she gets pregnant. The children born are then accepted as the offspring of both the female husband and the wife. What is important in this example is
A. the fact that only same-sex marriages are recognized in patrilineal societies. B. social rather than biological paternity, again illustrating how kinship is socially constructed. C. how biology overrides culture regardless of human intentions. D. how often marriage is simply about property. E. that it illustrates how romantic love is both universal and complicated.
Why have so many people worldwide been exposed to different art forms?
a. There is a large influx of tourists affecting the commercial value of traditional art. b. Many famous artists have been encouraged to tour the globe. c. The increase of modern technology allows for more exposure via the internet. d. The marketplace is changing what types of art are bought and sold worldwide. e. All of the above.
Describe how economic specialization in industrial nations differs from specialization in nonindustrial societies.
What will be an ideal response?
Today's ecological anthropology, also known as environmental anthropology, attempts not only to understand environmental problems but also to
A. prescribe top-down solutions to ecological problems. B. contribute to development projects that sometimes, out of necessity, replace indigenous institutions with culturally alien concepts. C. find solutions, acknowledging that ecosystems management involves multiple levels. D. promote the concepts of environmental rights, even at the expense of cultural rights. E. work closely with state agencies, among whom they do most of their ethnography, to promote institutional change.