Describe the perspective of functionalism
What will be an ideal response?
Functionalism analyzes cultural elements in terms of their useful effects to individuals or to the persistence of the whole society.
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a. Timorese b. Burmese c. Chinese d. Javanese
Which of the following statements about state policies toward indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada is false?
a. U.S. and Canadian governments recognize indigenous groups as sovereign nations. b. U.S. and Canadian governments grant themselves but not sovereign indigenous groups the right to unilaterally dissolve treaties. c. U.S. and Canadian governments are empowered by their own laws and constitutions. d. U.S. and Canadian governments limit their own abilities to override treaty rights because treaties are legally ratified agreements backed by international law.
Which is NOT true for the recent hominin from Woranso-Mille?
a. The partial skeleton included a partial foot. b. It dated to about 3.4 mya. c. It shows a divergent opposable toe and other ape-like features. d. Scientists have assigned it its own species name. e. It shows there were two lineages of A. afarensis.
According to Ernestine Friedl, women are subordinate to men because men
a. are bigger and stronger. b. control the allocation of scarce resources. c. have more testosterone. d. are hunters. e. tend to have more aggressive social interactions.