A geneticist studying the variation between different groups of organisms of the same species is engaged in __________
a. phylogenetics
b. population genetics
c. Mendelian genetics
d. behavioral genetics
Answer b
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According to McCurdy in "Family and Kinship in Village India,"
a. extended kinship systems are especially well suited to the organization of holding land in agrarian societies. b. industrialization and the market economy have essentially eliminated extended kinship ties in the Bhil village of Ratakote. c. the Bhil tribals of Ratakote must marry spouses from their own clan, their mother's clan, or their father's mother's clan. d. extended family kinship systems have completely broken down in the face of a cash-for-labor economy.
Susan Andreatta's work studying the effects of agrochemicals on various Caribbean islands is considered part of which specialty of applied anthropology?
a. Medical anthropology b. Environmental anthropology c. Development anthropology d. Urban anthropology e. Ecological anthropology
The spread of certain ideas, customs, or practices from one culture to another is called:
a. juxtaposition. b. syncretism. c. diffusion. d. primary innovation. e. secondary innovation.
Autonomous or independent political units, often consisting of little more than an extended family, with informal leadership vested in one of the older family members are called:
a. simple bands. b. composite bands. c. simple tribes. d. composite tribes.