The term indigenous people gained legitimacy within international law with the creation in 1982 of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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Franz Boas argued that _________

a. humans could be categorized into distinct racial groups b. that there was a relationship between race and cultural achievement c. many factors lead to specific traits or characteristics in a group of people d. that certain "undesirable" races should not be allowed to immigrate into the U.S.

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Mana is

A. a kind of bread prepared during communal rituals in Melanesia and Polynesia. B. absent in societies with differential access to strategic resources. C. the most archaic religious doctrine. D. concerned with supernatural beings rather than with powers or forces. E. acquired in Melanesia, but in Polynesia it is attached to political offices.

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Which statement about chiefdoms is not true?

a. Chiefs are involved with economic activities through redistribution. b. Chiefs tend to have centralized power. c. Chiefs hold permanent positions. d. In chiefdoms, political authority is likely to reside in one individual. e. Chiefdoms are rarely hereditary.

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__________ refers to the information people have that enables them to function in their social and physical environments

a. Survival skills b. Social intelligence c. Culture d. Cultural knowledge

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