While business firms are the basic unit of production in our society, in most nonindustrial societies the basic unit is the

A) individual. B) chiefdom. C) tribe. D) household. E) band.


D

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When Mendel crossed true breeding tall and short parental plants

a. all the offspring were tall. b. half the offspring were tall, the other half were short. c. all the offspring were short. d. the offspring were intermediate in height relative to the two parent plants. e. about 90 percent were tall, but the rest were short.

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The Ubaid period represents the initial settlement of the Tigris and Euphrates floodplain

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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High infant mortality rates, the view that children are future assets who can care for their parents in old age, and the benefits associated with child labor all encouraged individuals in agricultural states to do which of the following?

A. have large families B. rely on sorcery, witchcraft, and shamanism to ensure that very few people died C. have small families so that special care could be accorded each child D. raid forager and tribal groups in order to steal children who could be used to work the fields

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Tylor's and Morgan's theories of evolution presented a ___________ interpretation of human differences

a. theological b. biological c. cultural d. geographical e. national

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