In societies with a double descent system, members are _____
a. part of both a matrilineage and a patrilineage
b. free to choose to which group they will belong
c. able to choose whether to belong to the matrilineage on their father’s or on their mother’s side of the family
d. able to choose whether to belong to the patrilineage on their father’s or on their mother’s side of the family
e. trace their ancestry from a public and private source
ANSWER:
a
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A) consumer surplus
B) total surplus
C) deadweight loss
D) producer surplus
All of the following are true regarding fixed costs except which one?
A) Fixed costs are the sum of the costs paid for all fixed inputs. B) Fixed costs are equal to total cost minus variable costs. C) Fixed costs are equal to the total cost plus variable costs. D) Fixed costs do not change with changes in output.
Which of the following correctly describes the position of the Dutch East India Company?
a. The Company quickly took total control of most of Indonesia. b. After a difficult beginning, the company was incredibly profitable until the end of the colonial era. c. While it made enormous profits for its shareholders, the company was embroiled in wars and eventually went bankrupt. d. The company sold shares to wealthy Indonesians and remains a powerful influence in that nation today. e. Because it failed to make any profit, the company was disbanded within 50 years of its formation.
The most important source of data for archaeologists are
a. material culture left by earlier societies. b. interviews with living people. c. DNA preserved in fossils. d. early hominid fossils. e. human skeletal remains.