Whorf believed the Hopi people had a different perception of the passage of time than English speakers

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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As a general rule, as societies become more specialized, they also become more highly stratified into classes with different levels of power, prestige, and wealth

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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What is the primary advantage of using a comparative approach in anthropology? a. It allows researchers to determine which culture is superior

b. It provides a broader basis for drawing general conclusions about humans. c. It generates data on the fieldworker's own culture only. d. All of these

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Due to the Koran’s prohibition against the use of human images, Islamic art is very geometric

a. True b. False

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The fact that individuals who possess favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than those who possess less favorable traits is the basis for the theory of

a. uniformitarianism. b. natural selection. c. the inheritance of acquired characteristics. d. catastrophism. e. the fixity of species.

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