Some early states made use of __________ in order to consolidate the power of rulers
a. religious sacrifice of prisoners of war
b. kinship alliances with commoners
c. brother–sister marriages
d. propaganda
Answer: c
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In the court case against the six Bannock-Shoshoni Native American women, what type of expert testimony did anthropologist Barbara Joans offer on their behalf?
a. She studied the daily behavior of the women and was able to testify that, because of the levels of poverty experienced in Native American reservations, the women should be released. b. She studied how proficient they were in English and concluded with evidence that they did not fully understand the initial instruction of the agreement. c. She argued on behalf of the culture of the six women, explaining that in Bannock-Shoshoni culture stealing is not a crime and is commonly practiced. d. She was able to serve as a culture broker and teach the court system about the laws of the Bannock-Shoshoni people and allow the women to be charged by reservation law. e. Anthropologist Joans actually testified on behalf of the U.S. government, explaining that the Bannock-Shoshoni women were well aware of all the laws in the particular transaction.
Marvin Harris argues that pork was not generally raised in the Middle East historically because:
a. it was considered sinful in all Middle Eastern religions. b. some Middle Eastern societies owned all of the land and prevented pig-raising. c. no ethnic group in the Middle East would eat pork. d. pig-raising threatened the natural ecosystem. e. pig-raising was economically inefficient in such a humid environment.