Applied anthropology began in the 1960s as a way of improving life in developing countries
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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African American churches in the U.S. have played an important role as agents of social change in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a. they have experienced significant decline in recent years. b. they have served as rallying places for protestors and community activists. c. they helped freed slaves on the Underground Railroad. d. Black Muslims have been a force for change by encouraging autonomous African American communities. e. they have fostered the idea of an autonomous African American community.
Anthropologist have found that kinship in industrial states
a. often becomes solidified and molded into large descent groups called oligoclans b. becomes much more important and clearly defined than in preindustrial societies c. becomes less important as new structures and organizations replace and begin to perform many of the functions associated with kinship in preindustrial societies d. tends to remain about the same as is found in chiefdom societies
Most researchers today believe that chiefdoms emerged in response to the growing administrative requirements for building, maintaining, and administering public hydraulic works
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
According to Goldstein in "Polyandry: When Brothers Take a Wife," it is difficult for a male Tibetan to start his own farm because
a. the government restricts access to new land. b. there is no more land to reclaim in the mountains. c. it is difficult to terrace new land and keep animals simultaneously without help. d. only the eldest brother has a right to the family's estate.