What is Primary Source

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: An original document with cultural or historical value that depicts a firsthand account of a notable event or a way of life. Primary sources include diaries, logs, letters, and autobiographies. Artifacts such as photographs, drawings, and articles of clothing are also primary sources.

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Malinowski argued that dysfunction accompanied every society and every cultural group

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In Semai society which of the following is true of becharaa?

a. Conflicts are rarely resolved during these meetings. b. They allow parties accused of wrongdoing to be tried and convicted. c. They can last for several days and nights. d. No one acts as a headman or leader during these meetings.

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What type of land resource property rights are found most commonly in foraging societies?

a. Industrial property b. Corporate kinship property c. Private property d. ?Communal property

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Full-time priests are often found in band-level foraging societies

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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