All of the following statements about cargo cults are correct except:
a. the cult promised resurrection of dead ancestors.
b. cargo cult believers tended to be rich natives and colonizers.
c. many cargo cults occurred in Melanesia.
d. the cult was based on the premise that Western riches would come to the natives.
e. cargo cult doctrine said that the rich white man would magically disappear through natural catastrophe.
b
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All of the following statements regarding a lineage are correct except:
a. it always involves a totem. b. it is part of unilineal descent. c. it is kinship that can be traced directly to an ancestor. d. it has a genealogical depth of 4-6 generations. e. it is found in both matrilineal and patrilineal groups.
Identify the beginning of human behavioral modernity. Discuss the traditional view as well as the revised view with examples to support each approach.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements is true regarding implementing planned change in a community?
A) The benefits of programs are often obvious, but figuring out how to bring about the change is more difficult. B) It is often obvious how to bring about change, but determining what type of change is needed is more difficult. C) The local people are generally far more involved in implementing change than anthropologists or other interest groups. D) Anthropologists and other interest groups are generally far more involved in implementing change than the local people.
All of the following are reasons that societies practice the levirate EXCEPT _____
a. it is a form of social security for the widow b. it is a form of social security for the children of the marriage c. it preserves the rights of the deceased husband’s family to his children d. it preserves the rights of the deceased husband’s family to the widow’s future children e. it is associated with societies that place the highest value on female heirs