Totems are animals, plants, or geographical features from which members of a totemic group claim to be descended

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


TRUE

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Which of the following describes an occipital bun?

a. the backward-projecting bulge of the occipital part of the skull b. the pentagonal shape of the back of the skull c. the small crest on the top of the cranium d. the bony protrusion of the temporal bone behind the earlobe

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All of the following were detrimentally affected by the use of biocides on three Caribbean islands except:

a. drinking water b. chickens c. fish d. wild rice e. strawberries

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Two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption are called a(n):

a. family. b. conjugal bond. c. endogamous group. d. nuclear family. e. serial marriage.

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Symbols have the ability to express many ideas at the same time. Victor Turner termed this property of symbols

a. condensation. b. multivocality. c. arbitrary. d. conventionality.

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