A fossil hominoid that was contemporary with a member of the genus Homo is:

A. Sivapithecus
B. Gigantopithecus
C. Oreopithecus
D. Pliopithecus
E. none of these


B. Gigantopithecus

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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In the Tuareg naming ceremony, all of the following occur except: a. Women gather around bowls of macaroni

b. The children are named on the eighth day after birth. c. The father gathers outside for a Muslim ceremony. d. The siblings smear their hands and faces with indigo.

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According to Marx, classes are

A. opposed to one another based on conflicting economic interests. B. desirable, because they perform tasks necessary to the survival of society. C. based more on notions of prestige and morality than on actual economic differences. D. part of the original, preindustrial social system of humans. E. not important to an understanding of history.

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In their books Food First and World Hunger, Lappe and Collins argue that

a. another Green Revolution could end world hunger. b. population growth has created a situation of chronic hunger. c. an adequate diet is possible for all if resources are more equitably distributed. d. None of these are true.

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