According to the second lecture on the History of Immigration to the United States, Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth century initially did not suffer from much discrimination and oppression because Americans really appreciated the backbreaking and dangerous work they did on the Transcontinental Railroad
a. true
b. false
b. false
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What kind of exchange principle was prominent in Polynesian chiefdoms?
A. Market principle B. Redistribution C. Generalized reciprocity D. Balanced reciprocity E. Negative reciprocity
Today, applied anthropologists view their work as something that
A. should focus primarily on Western cultures. B. must be done in conjunction with governmental entities. C. is a matter of history that is now supplanted by other fields. D. is researched better in academic settings than in the field. E. is designed to assist local people.
Marshall Sahlins noted that the kind of reciprocity that occurs between individuals or groups depends on
a. social distance between them. b. the type of control exerted by the chief. c. amount of taxes or tribute collected. d. supply and demand.
Minimal pairs are used to identify
A. phonemes. B. phones. C. aspiration. D. bound morphemes. E. allomorphs.