Analogy is one way to reconstruct the past
a. but its utility is limited to relatively low-level inferences or to societies with very close cultural and geographic counterparts.
b. that has unlimited potential for use as more middle-level research is conducted.
c. but its utility is limited to explaining how cultures adapted to environmental change.
d. that can reliably provide an unambiguous explanation of cultural behavior.
e. that is not applicable to middle-level research.
a
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What is a primary labor activity of Bakhtiari women and girls?
a. Spinning wool into yarn b. Herding sheep through difficult mountain passes c. Tilling soil to raise yams and sweet potatoes d. Gathering roots and berries e. Hunting elephants
Anthropology is a holistic discipline in that it
A. has traditionally focused on nonindustrial societies. B. deals with human culture. C. does not attempt to make generalizations about humanity. D. now focuses on industrial societies. E. studies human biological, cultural, and linguistic variation across both time and space.
Among the Agta of the Philippines, women not only gather, they also
A. hunt small animals and do some fishing. B. are the tribal leaders. C. cultivate small food plots inside village defenses. D. fish, while carrying their babies with them. E. are the primary warrior class, except when pregnant or breastfeeding.
Elizabeth Brumfiel, citing the example of the rise of the Aztec state, hypothesizes that __________ resulted in the coercion and repression of the population
A. political interests B. pervasive gender inequalities C. the inequitable distribution of food surpluses D. economic considerations and long-distance trade