What are pluralistic societies? Provide an example of one
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Pluralistic societies are composed of a number of subcultural groups. The Amish in the U.S. are an example.
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Foraging societies have among the lowest population densities
a. True b. False
Regarding human capacity for culture, anthropologists agree that
A. although women and men both share the emotional and intellectual capacities for culture, at the population level there is less variability in these capacities among men than among women. B. although individuals differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, all human populations have equivalent capacities for culture. C. although an individual's genetic endowment does not affect that person's ability to learn cultural traditions, it does affect his or her capacity to change culture creatively. D. because human populations differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, the ability to learn culture differs among societies. E. both mental abilities and mental disabilities are evenly distributed among individuals of all cultures.
Some theorists, including Jonathon Friedman, have suggested that a new global identity is emerging that is based primarily on __________
a. religion b. race c. nationality d. class
Frequently, the effect of development projects has been to:
a. Improve the lives of women and children relative to men. b. Decrease the quality of life for all members of a community. c. Increase the disparity between men and women in a community. d. Increase the availability of government jobs to women. e. Allow women to access positions of prestige and power previously denied to them.