What is a nkisi?
What will be an ideal response?
It is an African statue (sculpture) that is created by a sculptor and ritual specialist so that it contains spiritual forces.
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Research on the degree to which people within a single culture share knowledge has shown that:
a. Within a single culture, most people agree on most things most of the time. b. Large, hierarchical cultures have much disagreement, but small cultures have little. c. Small cultures have much disagreement, but large, hierarchical cultures have little. d. Cultures show increasing amounts of disagreement after they reach their culture climax. e. Substantial amounts of disagreement are present in all cultures.
Anthropologists classify rituals
a. according to their effectiveness. b. into those dealing with supernatural beings and those with supernatural forces. c. according to their purpose and when they occur. d. into those intended for good purposes and for evil purposes.
Anthropologists have abandoned the idea of using race as a way to study human biological variation
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The type of crops that are highly productive but also very unstable are _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word