The Chinese Homo erectus sites are easily dated due to the frequency of volcanic activity in the region
a. True
b. False
Answer b
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Which of the following is a good description of what physical anthropologists do?
A. work in the laboratory to understand the genetic relationships among different groups of mammals B. seek out and excavate sites that have fossil evidence of dinosaurs and other extinct species C. live with various groups of people for extended periods of time, to learn their language and customs D. use bones and other materials to study a diversity of ancient and living human populations and primates
To combat the problem of ethnocentrism, twentieth-century anthropologists developed the concept of __________
A. cultural relativism B. cultural primacy C. cultural symbolism D. cultural hegemony
A reason that the Madagascar project to increase rice production was successful is that
A. Malagasy leaders were of the peasantry, or had strong ties to it, and therefore were prepared to follow the descent-group ethic of pooling resources for the good of the group as a whole. B. the elites and the lower class were of different origins and therefore had no strong connections through kinship, descent, or marriage. C. there is a clear fit between capitalist development schemes and corporate descent-group social organization. D. it took into account that native forms of social organization inevitably break down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation. E. the educated members of Malagasy society are those who have struggled to fend for themselves and therefore brought an innovative kind of independence to the project.
Edward Tylor hypothesized that religion grew out of __________.
A) pure anxiety about death B) animistic beliefs and practices C) childhood anxieties and beliefs that were carried into adulthood D) people’s speculation about dreams, trances, and death