In band societies, ________ determine the amount of respect or status individuals enjoy.
A. possessions and their monetary value
B. culturally valued personal attributes
C. labor amounts extracted spouses and children
D. genealogical relationships to apical ancestors
E. ranks ascribed at birth
Answer: B
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Since statuses are fixed in industrial states, individuals in these societies are unable to move into different social classes from the one in which they were born
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following is NOT an example of ethnology?
a. Some Tibetans practice polyandry (plural marriage between one woman and multiple men) in order to satisfy economic needs. b. Incest is taboo in all societies because inbreeding can cause birth defects in offspring. c. Near Eastern populations adopted agriculture over 10,000 years ago. d. Many Christians use religion as a means of coping with the loss of a loved one.
Bilophodonty
A) is not found in prosimians B) describes molars with four cusps arranged in front and rear pairs C) is characteristic of Old World monkeys D) all of the above E) none of the above
The task of the cultural anthropologist is to:
a. describe the various parts of the culture he or she studies. b. study aspects of a culture in isolation from the rest of the cultural system. c. show how parts of a culture are independent from one another. d. determine if one culture is more moral than another. e. work to help develop the most adaptive type of culture to improve human potential.