Politics is best defined as:
a. the process of electing officials and making decisions.
b. the process determining who gets what, when, and how.
c. the structure that determines the authority for any society.
d. how a society determines centralized leadership and control.
e. how decisions are made in every centralized type of social organization.
ANSWER: b
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The domestic-public dichotomy refers to the separation of
A. secular and sacred domains. B. spheres of exchange. C. the elite and commoners. D. cooking and sleeping spaces in residential units. E. home and the outside world.
The Barí of Venezuela recognize multiple fathers, even though biologically there can be only one actual genitor. This example shows
A. that women have a better understanding of biological processes than do men. B. that like race and gender, kinship is culturally constructed. C. cultures' explanations for biological processes vary because the access and quality of educational systems vary as well. D. how, as in the United States, having more than one father is detrimental to a child's development and adjustment in society. E. that multiple (partible) paternity is a common and beneficial biological fact.
The Asian Homo erectus crania from both China and Java are so different from each other that most researchers have suggested that they be separated into two different species
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Historical archaeology studies the remains of recent peoples who left written languages
Indicate whether the statement is true or false